Belize Rural South
{{Infobox constituency
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|parl_name = Belize House of Representatives
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|population =
|electorate = 8,749 (2012)
|towns = San Pedro Town
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|year = 1961
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|members_label = Area Representative
|members = Andre Perez
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Belize Rural South is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Andre Perez of the People's United Party (PUP).
Founding and creation
The Rural South constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. Out of the 13 Belize District constituencies it is one of three located outside the Belize City limits. Belize Rural South consists of the offshore cayes (islands) of Belize District, including Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and St. George's Caye. San Pedro Town on Ambergris Caye is the constituency's main settlement.
Ever since the creation of Belize Rural Central in 1993, the name "Belize Rural South" has been something of a misnomer, as the constituency lies primarily to the north and east of the Belize District mainland.[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/belize/belizemapsindex.shtml Belize election maps], Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014) In 2012 it reported an electorate of 7,100, larger than any other Belize District constituency.
Area representatives
| class="wikitable" | |
| colspan="2"|Election | Area representative[http://www.elections.gov.bz Elections Results], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
!Party |
|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 1961 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 1965 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 1969 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 1974 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 1979 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 1984 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 1989 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 1993 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 1998 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}" |
| 2003 | UDP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}" |
| 2008 | UDP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}" |
| 2012 | UDP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}" |
| 2015 | UDP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 2020 | PUP | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|People's United Party}}" |
| 2025 | PUP |
Elections
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| election_title = 2025 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [https://elections.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Official-Results-Final.pdf GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2025], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 12 March 2025)
| electorate = 10,149
| turnout_votes = 5,767
| turnout_percent = 80.21 56.82
| turnout_change = −23.29
| majority_votes = 1,520
| majority_percent = 26.35
| majority_change = −1.86
| result = hold
| loser_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Andre Perez
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes = 3,418
| winner_percent = 59.27
| winner_change = −4.57
| candidate2 = Manuel Heredia
| candidate2_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes = 1,898
| candidate2_percent = 32.91
| candidate2_change = -2.71
| candidate3 = Abner Bacab
| candidate3_party = Belizeans Justice Movement
| candidate3_votes = 159
| candidate3_percent = 2.76
| candidate3_change = -
| candidate4 = Lagha Mahmoud
| candidate4_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| candidate4_votes = 110
| candidate4_percent = 1.91
| candidate4_change = -33.71
}}
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| election_title = 2020 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [https://elections.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2020-General-Election-Results-1.pdf GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2020], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 11 November 2020)
| electorate = 8,586
| turnout_votes = 6,887
| turnout_percent = 80.21
| turnout_change = +10.76
| majority_votes = 1,917
| majority_percent = 28.22
| majority_change = +9.75
| result = gain
| loser_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Andre Perez
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes = 4,336
| winner_percent = 63.84
| winner_change = +24.87
| candidate2 = Manuel Heredia
| candidate2_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes = 2,419
| candidate2_percent = 35.62
| candidate2_change = -21.82
| candidate3 = Thomas Henry Greenwood
| candidate3_party = Belize People's Front
| candidate3_votes = 37
| candidate3_percent = 0.54
| candidate3_change = -
}}
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| election_title = 2015 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [https://elections.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2015-General-Election-Results.pdf GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 4 November 2015)
| electorate = 8,849
| turnout_votes = 6,076
| turnout_percent = 69.45
| turnout_change = −0.79
| majority_votes = 1,122
| majority_percent = 18.47
| majority_change = +9.39
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Manuel Heredia
| winner_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| winner_votes = 3,490
| winner_percent = 57.44
| winner_change = +7.73
| candidate2 = Jose Eulogio Arceo
| candidate2_party = People's United Party
| candidate2_votes = 2,368
| candidate2_percent = 38.97
| candidate2_change = -1.66
| candidate3 = "Bobby" Robert Lopez
| candidate3_party = Belize Progressive Party
| candidate3_votes = 133
| candidate3_percent = 2.19
| candidate3_change = -4.47
}}
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| election_title = 2012 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=545 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
| electorate = 7,100
| turnout_votes = 4,987
| turnout_percent = 70.24
| turnout_change = −3.71
| majority_votes = 453
| majority_percent = 9.08
| majority_change = −16.26
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Manuel Heredia
| winner_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| winner_votes = 2,479
| winner_percent = 49.71
| winner_change = −11.8
| candidate2 = Patty Arceo
| candidate2_party = People's United Party
| candidate2_votes = 2,026
| candidate2_percent = 40.63
| candidate2_change = +4.46
| candidate3 = "Bobby" Robert Lopez
| candidate3_party = Vision Inspired by the People
| candidate3_votes = 332
| candidate3_percent = 6.66
| candidate3_change = -
| candidate4 = William "Mike" Campbell
| candidate4_party = Independent (politician)
| candidate4_votes = 24
| candidate4_percent = 0.48
| candidate4_change = -
}}
{{Compact election box
| election_title = 2008 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=87&lid=39 2008 General Elections Final Results ], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
| electorate = 5,470
| turnout_votes = 4,045
| turnout_percent = 73.95
| turnout_change = −6.68
| majority_votes = 1,025
| majority_percent = 25.34
| majority_change = +21.7
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Manuel Heredia
| winner_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| winner_votes = 2,488
| winner_percent = 61.51
| winner_change = +10.09
| candidate2 = Murlene "Mel" Spain
| candidate2_party = People's United Party
| candidate2_votes = 1,463
| candidate2_percent = 36.17
| candidate2_change = −11.61
| candidate3 = Ernesto Caliz
| candidate3_party = National Reform Party (Belize)
| candidate3_votes = 54
| candidate3_percent = 1.33
| candidate3_change = -
}}
{{Compact election box
| election_title = 2003 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=2&lid=37 2003 General Elections final results], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
| electorate = 3,712
| turnout_votes = 2,993
| turnout_percent = 80.63
| turnout_change = −10.47
| majority_votes = 109
| majority_percent = 3.64
| majority_change = −10.88
| result = gain
| loser_party = People's United Party
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Manuel Heredia
| winner_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| winner_votes = 1,539
| winner_percent = 51.42
| winner_change = +8.93
| candidate2 = Patty Arceo
| candidate2_party = People's United Party
| candidate2_votes = 1,430
| candidate2_percent = 47.78
| candidate2_change = −9.23
}}
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| election_title = 1998 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=751 General Elections 1998], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
| electorate = 2,653
| turnout_votes = 2,417
| turnout_percent = 91.1
| turnout_change = +10.45
| majority_votes = 351
| majority_percent = 14.52
| majority_change = +2.12
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Patty Arceo
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes = 1,378
| winner_percent = 57.01
| winner_change = +0.81
| candidate2 = Manuel Heredia
| candidate2_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes = 1,027
| candidate2_percent = 42.49
| candidate2_change = −1.31
}}
{{Compact election box
| election_title = 1993 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=750 General Elections 1993], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)[http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Elecdata/Belize/benatjun93.html 1993 Parliamentary Elections], Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
| electorate = 2,218
| turnout_votes = 1,789
| turnout_percent = 80.65
| turnout_change = +12.08
| majority_votes = 221
| majority_percent = 12.4
| majority_change = −19.2
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Glenn Godfrey
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes = 1,005
| winner_percent = 56.2
| winner_change = −8.6
| candidate2 = Santiago Castillo
| candidate2_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes = 784
| candidate2_percent = 43.8
| candidate2_change = +10.6
}}
{{Compact election box
| election_title = 1989 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=749 General Elections 1989], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)[http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Elecdata/Belize/benat89.html 1989 Parliamentary Elections], Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
| electorate = 3,350
| turnout_votes = 2,297
| turnout_percent = 68.57
| turnout_change = −1.53
| majority_votes = 727
| majority_percent = 31.6
| majority_change = +14.0
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Glenn Godfrey
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes = 1,489
| winner_percent = 64.8
| winner_change = +7.2
| candidate2 = Rudolph Thompson
| candidate2_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes = 762
| candidate2_percent = 33.2
| candidate2_change = −6.8
}}
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| election_title = 1984 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=748 General Elections 1984], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)[http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Elecdata/Belize/benat84.html 1984 Parliamentary Elections], Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
| electorate = 2,471
| turnout_votes = 1,732
| turnout_percent = 70.1
| turnout_change = −17.84
| majority_votes = 305
| majority_percent = 17.6
| majority_change = −8.1
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Louis Sylvestre
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes = 997
| winner_percent = 57.6
| winner_change = −4.2
| candidate2 = Jose Marin
| candidate2_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes = 692
| candidate2_percent = 40.0
| candidate2_change = +3.9
}}
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| election_title = 1979 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=747 General Elections 1979], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
| electorate = 2,280
| turnout_votes = 2,005
| turnout_percent = 87.94
| turnout_change = +17.18
| majority_votes =
| majority_percent = 25.7
| majority_change = −5.9
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Louis Sylvestre
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes =
| winner_percent = 61.8
| winner_change = −2.2
| candidate2 = Gaspar Lara
| candidate2_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes =
| candidate2_percent = 36.1
| candidate2_change = +3.7
}}
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| election_title = 1974 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=746 General Elections 1974], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
| electorate = 1,491
| turnout_votes = 1,055
| turnout_percent = 70.76
| turnout_change = +0.34
| majority_votes =
| majority_percent = 31.6
| majority_change = −26.3
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Louis Sylvestre
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes =
| winner_percent = 64.0
| winner_change = −13.9
| candidate2 = Harry Lawrence
| candidate2_party = United Democratic Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes =
| candidate2_percent = 32.4
| candidate2_change = -
}}
{{Compact election box
| election_title = 1969 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=745 General Elections 1969], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
| electorate = 1,369
| turnout_votes = 964
| turnout_percent = 70.42
| turnout_change = +7.77
| majority_votes =
| majority_percent = 57.9
| majority_change = +14.5
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Louis Sylvestre
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes =
| winner_percent = 77.9
| winner_change = +7.6
| candidate2 = Allan Anderson
| candidate2_party = National Independence Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes =
| candidate2_percent = 20.0
| candidate2_change = −6.9
}}
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| election_title = 1965 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=744 General Elections 1965], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
| electorate = 1,229
| turnout_votes = 770
| turnout_percent = 62.65
| turnout_change = −11.59
| majority_votes =
| majority_percent = 43.4
| majority_change = −22.3
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Louis Sylvestre
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes =
| winner_percent = 70.3
| winner_change = −11.0
| candidate2 = Phillip Gillett
| candidate2_party = National Independence Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes =
| candidate2_percent = 26.9
| candidate2_change = +11.3
}}
{{Compact election box
| election_title = 1961 general election
| election_note =
| election_ref = [http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=743 General Elections 1961], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
| electorate = 1,052
| turnout_votes = 781
| turnout_percent = 74.24
| turnout_change = n/a
| majority_votes =
| majority_percent = 65.7
| majority_change = n/a
| result = win
| loser_party =
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to =
| winner = Louis Sylvestre
| winner_party = People's United Party
| winner_votes =
| winner_percent = 81.3
| winner_change = -
| candidate2 = Todd Brown
| candidate2_party = National Independence Party (Belize)
| candidate2_votes =
| candidate2_percent = 15.6
| candidate2_change = -
}}
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