2008 Belizean general election
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All 31 seats in the House of Representatives 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 77.18% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Belize on 7 February 2008. Beginning with this election, Belizeans elected 31 members to the House of Representatives of Belize instead of 29. In what was considered an upset, the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) won the election with 25 out of 31 seats; the ruling People's United Party won six.
The elections were held alongside a constitutional referendum had also been called to determine the views of Belizeans on an elected Senate.