The Belize Green Independent Party (BGIP) is an ecologist

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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. Founded in 2012, BGIP has yet to win a seat in the

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or a municipal election at the city or town level. BGIP is one of the few Green parties in the world unafilliated with the Global Greens.Green Parties around the world
, Global Greens. (accessed 23 June 2015) BGIP formally contested an election for the first time in 2015, fielding a candidate at the 8 July 2015 Belize House

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

in Dangriga."Nomination Day for Bi Election in Dangriga"
PlusTV Belize, 23 June 2015. (accessed 23 June 2015) However, the party's candidate, Llewellyn Lucas, finished a distant third with 14 votes (0.37%).Humes, Aaro
"Frank 'Papa' Mena is the new Dangriga area representative "
Breaking Belize News, 8 July 2015. (accessed 8 July 2015) In the 2015 general election, Llewellyn Lucas ran as a candidate for the

Toledo East Toledo East is an electoral constituency in the Toledo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2012 by Michael Espat of the People's United Party. Espat also served several non-consecutive t ...

House seat. Lucas finished fourth with 5 votes (0.09%).Official Results: General Election
, Elections and Boundaries Department, 6 November 2015.

References

External links

BGIP Facebook page

BGIP constitution

Belize Way Ahead Summary manifesto on YouTube
{{Green parties Green political parties Political parties established in 2012 Political parties in Belize 2012 establishments in Belize