Belizean general election, 1974

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30 October 1974

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All 18 seats in the Belize House of Representatives

	First party	Second party
		UDP
Leader	George Cadle Price	Dean Lindo
Party	PUP	UDP
Leader since	1956	1974
Leader's seat	Freetown	candidate in Fort George
Last election	17 seats	(new party)
Seats won	12	6
Seat change	5	6
Popular vote	12,269	9,069
Percentage	52.66%	38.93%
Swing	6.19	38.93

Premier before election

George Cadle Price
PUP

Elected Premier

George Cadle Price
PUP

A legislative election was held in Belize on 30 October 1974. Belizeans elected 18 members to the House of Representatives. The election was the first since the country was officially renamed from British Honduras in 1973.

The ruling People's United Party (PUP) won the largest share (12) of seats in the election. The United Democratic Party – formed the previous year by a merger of the National Independence Party, People's Development Movement and Liberal Party – ran for the first time in this election, winning six seats. The UDP fielded candidates nationwide except in Corozal District, where it supported candidates from the Corozal United Front. The UDP absorbed the CUF after the election.

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