All 31 seats in the House of Representatives 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
77.18%
First party
Second party
Leader
Dean Barrow
Said Musa
Party
UDP
PUP
Last election
7 seats
22 seats
Seats won
25
6
Seat change
18
16
Popular vote
66,203
47,624
Percentage
56.61%
40.72%
Swing
17.2
12.44
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election
Said Musa
PUP
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Dean Barrow
UDP
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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.[1]
The elections were held alongside a constitutional referendum had also been called to determine the views of Belizeans on an elected Senate.
^UDP causes major upset in Belize elections Archived February 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (February 8, 2008), Caribbean360.com.
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