Toledo East
| Toledo East | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
 | |
| District | Toledo |
| Electorate | 6,640 (2012) |
| Major settlements | Punta Gorda, Monkey River Town |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Party | People's United Party |
| Area Representative | Michael Espat |
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 terms in the constituency dating back to 1989.
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The Toledo East constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It is one of two constituencies in the rural Toledo District of southern Belize, currently comprising the district's coastal areas including Punta Gorda and Monkey River Town.[1]
Toledo East is a very competitive constituency, routinely changing hands between the PUP and the UDP since its creation. In 2003 Espat became the constituency's only Area Representative re-elected to a consecutive term to date.
Area representatives[edit]
| Election | Area representative[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Charles Wagner | UDP | |
| 1989 | Michael Espat | PUP | |
| 1993 | Joseph Cayetano | UDP | |
| 1998 | Michael Espat | PUP | |
| 2003 | Michael Espat | PUP | |
| 2008 | Eden Martinez | UDP | |
| 2012 | Michael Espat | PUP | |
| 2015 | Michael Espat | PUP | |
| 2020 | Michael Espat | PUP | |
Elections[edit]
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 general election[3] Electorate: 6,640 Turnout: 4,835 (72.82%) −3.62 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 340 (7.03%) −10.31 | Michael Espat | PUP | 2,417 | 49.99 | +12.83 | ||
| Eden Martinez | UDP | 2,077 | 42.96 | −11.54 | ||||
| Wil Maheia | PNP | 282 | 5.83 | −0.95 | ||||
| 2008 general election[4] Electorate: 5,773 Turnout: 4.413 (76.44%) −1.45 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 765 (17.34%) +11.72 | Eden Martinez | UDP | 2,405 | 54.50 | +7,89 | ||
| Michael Espat | PUP | 1,640 | 37.16 | −15.07 | ||||
| Wil Maheia | PNP | 299 | 6.78 | - | ||||
| Herman Marion Lewis | Independent | 35 | 0.79 | - | ||||
| 2003 general election[5] Electorate: 4,269 Turnout: 3,325 (77.89%) −9.18 | PUP hold Majority: 189 (5.62%) −11.49 | Michael Espat | PUP | 1,757 | 52.23 | −5.49 | ||
| Eden Martinez | UDP | 1,568 | 46.61 | +6.0 | ||||
| 1998 general election[6] Electorate: 4,533 Turnout: 3,947 (87.07%) +9.18 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 675 (17.11%) +16.91 | Michael Espat | PUP | 2,278 | 57.72 | +7.82 | ||
| Ryan Kenneth Pennell | UDP | 1,603 | 40.61 | −9.49 | ||||
| Maximiliano Requena | NABR | 30 | 0.76 | - | ||||
| 1993 general election[7][8] Electorate: 4,135 Turnout: 3,100 (74.97%) +1.07 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 4 (0.2%) −5.0 | Joseph Cayetano | UDP | 1,552 | 50.1 | +3.3 | ||
| Michael Espat | PUP | 1,548 | 49.9 | −2.1 | ||||
| 1989 general election[9][10] Electorate: 3,375 Turnout: 2,494 (73.9%) +0.5 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 130 (5.2%) −18.0 | Michael Espat | PUP | 1,298 | 52.0 | +8.7 | ||
| Charles Wagner | UDP | 1,168 | 46.8 | −19.7 | ||||
| 1984 general election[11][12] Electorate: 2,293 Turnout: 1,683 (73.4%) n/a | UDP win Majority: 199 (23.2%) n/a | Charles Wagner | UDP | 927 | 66.5 | - | ||
| Liegh Usher | PUP | 728 | 43.3 | - | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- ^ Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- ^ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)