Dangriga is an electoral

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in the

Stann Creek District Stann Creek is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2022 census, the district had a population of 48,162 people. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stanns," or s ...

represented in the

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of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Louis Zabaneh of the

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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 Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean coast at the mouth of the North Stann Creek River. It is the capital of Belize's Stann Creek District. Dangriga is served by the ...

as well as the nearby Sarawee and Hope Creek areas. It is bordered by the Stann Creek West constituency and the

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.Belize election maps
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)

July 2015 by-election

In June 2015 Area Rep. Ivan Ramos resigned after controversially failing to retain his

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status with the

. A by-election to determine Ramos' successor was held 8 July 2015."Bye-Election In July! PUP Hon. Ivan Ramos Steps Down As Representative"

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, 8 June 2015. (accessed 18 June 2015) 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."PUP Still 'Assessing' While Bye-election Date Drawing Nigh"

, 12 June 2015. (accessed 18 June 2015)Trujillo, Renee
"Political Momentum Picks Up in Dangriga"
, LOVE FM, 17 June 2015 (accessed 18 June 2015) 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."Nomination Day for Bi Election in Dangriga"
PlusTV Belize, 23 June 2015. (accessed 23 June 2015) A fourth candidate endorsed by both of Belize's other active minor parties, the

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and Vision Inspired by the People, was disqualified due to holding

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. Belizean candidates for public office may not hold citizenship in any other country.Clarke, Kareem
"Race for Dangriga seat in high gear"
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'', 23 June 2015 (accessed 23 June 2015) 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.Humes, Aaro
"Frank 'Papa' Mena is the new Dangriga area representative "
Breaking Belize News, 8 July 2015. (accessed 8 July 2015)

Area representatives

Elections

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dangriga (Belize House Constituency) Political divisions in Belize Dangriga (Belize House constituency) 1961 establishments in British Honduras