The Nation of Belize made history on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 as Belizeans made their way to the polling stations to cast their vote as part of the Territorial Dispute Referendum on whether to take the Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Polling stations throughout the country closed at 6PM and a few hours later the YES vote slowly started to win. In the Belize Rural South Area (San Pedro and Caye Caulker) a total of 4,230 votes were cast where the YES votes won with a total of 2,373 over the NO votes with a total of 1857.
Overall Belize voted YES to going to the International Court of Justice to put an end to the territorial dispute with Guatemala.
Below are the results of Referendum Day 2019:
Orange Walk Central YES – 1680 NO – 1892
Margin of 212 for the No
Orange Walk North YES – 1893 NO – 2137
Margin of 244 for the No
Orange Walk South YES – 1960 NO – 1849
Margin of 111 for the Yes
Orange Walk East YES – 2,227 NO – 1,797
Margin of 430 for the Yes
Freetown YES – 1432 NO – 841
Margin of 591 for the Yes
Pickstock YES – 1045 NO – 823
Margin of 222 for the Yes
Caribbean Shores YES – 1337 NO – 752
Margin of 585 for the Yes
Queen’s Square YES – 1467 NO – 344
Margin of 1,123 for the Yes
Lake Independence YES – 1079 NO – 1374
Margin of 295 for the No
Fort George YES – 637 NO – 354
Margin of 283 for the Yes
Port Loyola YES – 1689 NO – 915
Margin of 774 for the Yes
Albert YES – 1215 NO – 465
Margin of 750 for Yes
Collet YES – 1680 NO – 706
Margin of 974 for Yes
Mesopotamia YES – 1200 NO – 352
Margin of 848 for the Yes
Belize Rural North YES – 1,680 NO – 706
Margin of 974 for the Yes
Belize Rural South YES – 2373 NO – 1857
Margin of 516 for the Yes
Belize Rural Central YES – 2488 NO – 1234
Margin of 1254 for the Yes
Corozal Bay YES -1220 NO 1374
Margin of 174 for the No
Corozal North YES -2591 NO 1819
Margin of 772 for Yes
Corozal South East YES – 1760 NO – 1947
Margin of 187 for the No
Corozal South West YES – 1581 NO – 1423
Margrin of 158 for the Yes
Cayo North YES – 1,901 NO – 2172
Margin 271 for the No
Cayo North East YES – 1491 NO – 1373
Margin of 118 for the Yes
Cayo Central YES – 2113 NO – 1944
Margin of 169 for the Yes
Cayo West YES 1584 NO – 1877
Margin of 293 for the No
Cayo South YES – 1902 NO – 1669
Margin of 233 for the Yes
Belmopan YES – 2692 NO – 2035
Margin of 657 for the Yes
Dangriga YES – 1628 NO – 1073
Margin of 555 for the YES
Stann Creek West YES – 2520 NO – 2166
Margin of 354 for the Yes
Toledo East YES – 1623 NO – 1779
Margin of 156 for the No
Toledo West YES – 1692 NO – 2026
Margin of 334 for the No
