Dangriga (Belize House constituency)

Dangriga is an electoral constituency in the Stann Creek District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2015 by Frank "Papa" Mena of the United Democratic Party.

For the town, see Dangriga.
Dangriga
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
DistrictStann Creek
Electorate6,275 (2015)
Major settlementsDangriga
Current constituency
Created1961 as Stann Creek Town, renamed 1979
Party  United Democratic Party
Area RepresentativeFrank Mena

Profile

The Dangriga constituency was created as Stann Creek Town for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The constituency assumed its current name as of the 1979 general election. It includes the town of Dangriga as well as the nearby Sarawee and Hope Creek areas. It is bordered by the Stann Creek West constituency and the Caribbean Sea.[1]

July 2015 by-election

In June 2015 Area Rep. Ivan Ramos resigned after controversially failing to retain his standard bearer status with the People's United Party. A by-election to determine Ramos' successor was held 8 July 2015.[2] Nominations were formally made on 22 June. Former Dangriga Mayor Frank "Papa" Mena was the UDP nominee, while retired educator Anthony Sabal stood as the PUP candidate after initial reports the PUP might not contest the by-election at all.[3][4] Llewellyn Lucas from the Belize Green Independent Party was also nominated, becoming that party's first official candidate in any election since it was founded in 2012.[5] A fourth candidate endorsed by both of Belize's other active minor parties, the People's National Party and Vision Inspired by the People, was disqualified due to holding dual citizenship. Belizean candidates for public office may not hold citizenship in any other country.[6]

The by-election was won by Mena with 57.89 percent of the vote, giving the UDP its third consecutive by-election win dating to 2003.[7]

Area Representatives
ElectionArea Representative[8] Party
1961 Allan Arthurs PUP
1974 Paul Guerrero UDP
1979 Theodore Aranda UDP
1983 CDP
1984 Simeon Sampson PUP
1989 Theodore Aranda PUP
1993 Russell Garcia UDP
1998 Theodore Aranda PUP
2003 Sylvia Flores PUP
2008 Arthur Roches UDP
2012 Ivan Ramos PUP
2015 by-election Frank Mena UDP

Elections
Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
July 2015 by-election [7]
Electorate: 6,275
Turnout: 3,738 (59.57%) −5.27		UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 638 (17.07%) +8.26 		Frank MenaUDP2,16457.89+13.51
Anthony Sabal PUP1,52640.82−12.37
Llewellyn Lucas BGIP140.37-
2012 general election [9]
Electorate: 5,904
Turnout: 3,828 (64.84%) −4.28		PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 337 (8.81%) −6.49 		Ivan RamosPUP2,03653.19+11.89
Arthur Roches UDP1,69944.38−12.22
Mateo Tomas Polanco PNP370.97-
2008 general election [10]
Electorate: 5,363
Turnout: 3,707 (69.12%) +0.62		UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 567 (15.3%) +7.48 		Arthur RochesUDP2,09856.6+12.02
Cassian Nunez PUP1,53141.3−11.1
Denton Castillo NRP310.84-
Quentin Mejia VIP200.54-
2003 general election [11]
Electorate: 4,254
Turnout: 2,914 (68.5%) −15.57		PUP hold
Majority: 228 (7.82%) −7.36 		Sylvia FloresPUP1,52752.4−4.41
Russell Garcia UDP1,29944.58+2.95
Ian Caliz Independent441.51-
1998 general election [12]
Electorate: 3,346
Turnout: 2,813 (84.07%) +20.04		PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 427 (15.18%) +2.38 		Theodore ArandaPUP1,59856.81+13.21
Russell Garcia UDP1,17141.63−14.77
Cypriano Luke Palacio PDP190.67-
1993 general election [13][14]
Electorate: 4,123
Turnout: 2,640 (64.03%) −2.81		UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 338 (12.8%) +5.3 		Russell GarciaUDP1,48956.4+11.0
Theodore Aranda PUP1,15143.6−9.3
1989 general election [15][16]
Electorate: 3,486
Turnout: 2,330 (66.84%) −0.05		PUP hold
Majority: 176 (7.5%) −8.3 		Theodore ArandaPUP1,23352.9+9.8
Randolph Enriquez UDP1,05745.4+18.1
1984 general election [17][18]
Electorate: 2,368
Turnout: 1,584 (66.89%) −18.36		PUP gain from CDP
Majority: 250 (15.8%) +7.4 		Simeon SampsonPUP68243.1−2.1
Henry Anderson UDP43227.3−26.3
Theodore Aranda CDP38524.3-
Allan Arthurs Independent774.9-
1979 general election [19]
Electorate: 2,319
Turnout: 1,977 (85.25%) +18.45		UDP hold
Majority: 8.4% (−3.7) 		Theodore ArandaUDP53.6−1.2
Gadsby Ramos PUP45.2+2.5
1974 general election [20]
Electorate: 2,187
Turnout: 1,461 (66.8%) −11.13		UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 12.1% (+1.5) 		Paul GuerreroUDP54.8-
Allan Arthurs PUP42.7−11.6
1969 general election [21]
Electorate: 2,093
Turnout: 1,631 (77.93%) +3.59		PUP hold
Majority: 10.6% (+8.9) 		Allan ArthursPUP54.3+4.3
Rodwell Leslie NIP43.7−4.6
1965 general election [22]
Electorate: 2,666
Turnout: 1,982 (74.34%) −7.87		PUP hold
Majority: 1.7% (−6.4) 		Allan ArthursPUP50.0−2.3
Albert Arzu NIP48.3+4.1
1961 general election [23]
Electorate: 1,816
Turnout: 1,493 (82.21%) n/a		PUP win
Majority: 8.1% (n/a) 		Allan ArthursPUP52.3-
Paul Guerrero NIP44.2-

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National Assembly of Belize
Preceded by
(office established)		 Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition
1981–1982		 Succeeded by
Mesopotamia

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