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General elections were held in Belize on 4 November 2015 to elect members of the House of Representatives. On 28 September 2015 Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that he had advised the Governor-General to dissolve the National Assembly and to fix Wednesday 4 November 2015 as the date for the next general elections.〔 Early returns indicated a win for Barrow's United Democratic Party, which was projected to win at least 19 seats.〔Garcia, David Alire. ("Belize PM Barrow wins record third consecutive term" ), Reuters, 5 November 2015. (accessed 5 November 2015)〕 ==Date== The prior general election was held on 7 March 2012, and the previous National Assembly opened on 21 March 2012. According to Section 84 of the Constitution of Belize, the National Assembly must be dissolved "five years from the date when the two Houses of the former National Assembly first met" unless dissolved sooner by the Governor-General of Belize upon the advice of the prime minister.〔(Belize / Belice: Constitution 1981 ), Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 9 October 2014)〕 A general election must be called within three months of a dissolution, which meant the latest possible date for the next Belizean general election was 21 June 2017. In March 2015 UDP leader and Prime Minister Dean Barrow ruled out the possibility of a snap election later in 2015 despite his party's recent interim electoral successes.〔("Hon. Barrow Pleased, Avoids Gloating" ), Tropical Vision Limited, 5 March 2015. (accessed 16 March 2015)〕 In early September 2015 Barrow indicated the election would be called in early 2016, however no firm date had been set at the time.〔("Darrell Bradley on Campaign Trail in Caribbean Shores" ), Great Belize Television, 4 September 2015 (accessed 7 September 2015)〕 The poll is the second consecutive snap election in Belize held closer to four years rather than five. Both Barrow and the opposition People's United Party support lowering the maximum term of the National Assembly to four years.〔Parks, Rowland A. ("General elections no later than 'first part of next year' – PM Barrow" ), ''Amandala'', 4 September 2015. (accessed 27 September 2015)〕 Candidates were formally nominated on 16 October 2015.〔("A New, Consolidated Third Party Emerges" ), Great Belize Television, 1 October 2015. (accessed 2 October 2015)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belizean general election, 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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