Belizean general election, 1974

30 October 1974

All 18 seats in the Belize House of Representatives

	First party	Second party
		UDP
Leader	George Cadle Price	Dean Lindo
Party	PUP	UDP
Leader since	1956	1974
Leader's seat	Freetown	candidate in Fort George
Last election	17 seats	(new party)
Seats won	12	6
Seat change	5	6
Popular vote	12,269	9,069
Percentage	52.66%	38.93%
Swing	6.19	38.93

Premier before election

George Cadle Price
PUP

Elected Premier

George Cadle Price
PUP

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A legislative election was held in Belize on 30 October 1974. Belizeans elected 18 members to the House of Representatives. The election was the first since the country was officially renamed from British Honduras in 1973.

The ruling People's United Party (PUP) won the largest share (12) of seats in the election. The United Democratic Party – formed the previous year by a merger of the National Independence Party, People's Development Movement and Liberal Party – ran for the first time in this election, winning six seats.^[1] The UDP fielded candidates nationwide except in Corozal District, where it supported candidates from the Corozal United Front. The UDP absorbed the CUF after the election.^[2]

Election results

**Summary of the 30 October 1974 Belize House of Representatives election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
People's United Party	12,269	52.66	12
United Democratic Party	9,069	38.93	6
Corozal United Front	1,039	4.46	-
United Black Association for Development	89	0.38	-
Independents	832	3.57	-
Total valid votes	23,298	100.00	18
Invalid votes	513
Total votes cast (turnout: 70.6%)	23,811
Registered voters	33,737

References

↑ General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
↑ "The United Democratic Party at 40" Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine., United Democratic Party. (accessed 18 March 2015)

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