Cayo West
| Cayo West | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
 | |
| District | Cayo |
| Electorate | 6,351 (2012) |
| Major settlements | Benque Viejo del Carmen, San Jose Succotz |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Party | People's United Party |
| Area Representative | Jorge Espat |
Cayo West is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Jorge Espat of the People's United Party (PUP).
Profile[edit]
The Cayo West constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. Cayo West consists of an area in west-central Cayo District abutting the Guatemalan border. The border town of Benque Viejo del Carmen is the constituency's main settlement.[1]
Area representatives[edit]
| Election | Area representative[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Pedro Guerra Mena | UDP | |
| 1989 | Miguel Ruiz | PUP | |
| 1993 | Amin Hegar | PUP | |
| 1998 | Erwin Contreras | UDP | |
| 2003 | Erwin Contreras | UDP | |
| 2008 | Erwin Contreras | UDP | |
| 2012 | Erwin Contreras | UDP | |
| 2015 | Erwin Contreras | UDP | |
| 2020 | Jorge Espat | PUP | |
Elections[edit]
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 general election[3] Electorate: 6,351 Turnout: 4,898 (77.12%) −3.44 | UDP hold Majority: 1,334 (27.23%) +2.51 | Erwin Contreras | UDP | 3,079 | 62.86 | +1.66 | ||
| Oscar Sabido | PUP | 1,745 | 35.63 | −0.85 | ||||
| 2008 general election[4] Electorate: 5,621 Turnout: 4,528 (80.56%) −5.74 | UDP hold Majority: 1,119 (24.72%) +15.26 | Erwin Contreras | UDP | 2,771 | 61.2 | +6.94 | ||
| Kendall Mendez | PUP | 1,652 | 36.48 | −8.32 | ||||
| Marta Aguallo Hendrix | VIP | 40 | 0.88 | - | ||||
| 2003 general election[5] Electorate: 4,656 Turnout: 4,018 (86.3%) −8.01 | UDP hold Majority: 380 (9.46%) +9.13 | Erwin Contreras | UDP | 2,180 | 54.26 | +4.66 | ||
| Kendall Mendez | PUP | 1,800 | 44.8 | −4.47 | ||||
| 1998 general election[6] Electorate: 3,286 Turnout: 3,099 (94.31%) +15.68 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 10 (0.33%) −10.67 | Erwin Contreras | UDP | 1,537 | 49.6 | +5.1 | ||
| Amin Hegar | PUP | 1,527 | 49.27 | −6.23 | ||||
| 1993 general election[7][8] Electorate: 3,168 Turnout: 2,491 (78.63%) −0.54 | PUP hold Majority: 273 (11.0%) +5.8 | Amin Hegar | PUP | 1,382 | 55.5 | +4.1 | ||
| Guillermo Valdez | UDP | 1,109 | 44.5 | −1.7 | ||||
| 1989 general election[9][10] Electorate: 2,539 Turnout: 2,010 (79.17%) −1.83 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 104 (5.2%) −6.8 | Miguel Ruiz | PUP | 1,033 | 51.4 | +8.7 | ||
| Carlos Leon | UDP | 929 | 46.2 | −8.5 | ||||
| 1984 general election[11][12] Electorate: 2,042 Turnout: 1,654 (81.0%) n/a | UDP win Majority: 198 (12.0%) n/a | Pedro Guerra Mena | UDP | 904 | 54.7 | - | ||
| Mac Alamilla | PUP | 706 | 42.7 | - | ||||
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)