Cayo South is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2012 by Julius Espat of the People's United Party.

Cayo South
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
DistrictCayo
Electorate6,905 (2012)
Major settlementsValley of Peace, Armenia
Current constituency
Created1961
Party  People's United Party
Area RepresentativeJulius Espat

Profile

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The Cayo South constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The largely rural constituency consists of approximately two-thirds of the Cayo District, stretching north and east from the Guatemalan border in the west up to the border with the Orange Walk District in the north. Cayo South is geographically the largest constituency in the country.[1]

Prior to 2008 Cayo South included the Belizean capital city, Belmopan, after which the city was represented by its own constituency.

Area representatives

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Election Area representative[2] Party
1961 Santiago Perdomo PUP
1965 Santiago Perdomo PUP
1969 Santiago Perdomo PUP
1974 Santiago Perdomo PUP
1979 Sam Waight PUP
1984 Sam Waight PUP
1989 Sam Waight PUP
1993 Sam Waight PUP
1998 Agripino Cawich PUP
2003 Agripino Cawich PUP
2003 by-election John Saldivar UDP
2008 Ramon Witz UDP
2012 Julius Espat PUP
2015 Julius Espat PUP
2020 Julius Espat PUP

Elections

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Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
2012 general election[3]
Electorate: 6,905
Turnout: 5,220 (75.6%) −1.7
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 942 (18.05%) +6.6
Julius EspatPUP3,05158.45+17.94
Ramon Witz UDP2,10940.4−12.02
2008 general election[4]
Electorate: 5,871
Turnout: 4,538 (77.3%) +4.67
UDP hold
Majority: 520 (11.45%) +9.74
Ramon WitzUDP2,37952.42+1.94
Charles Galvez PUP1,85940.97−7.8
Richard Smith NBA1593.5-
Hubert Enriquez VIP962.12-
October 2003 by-election[5]
Electorate: 8,814
Turnout: 6,402 (72.63%) −2.72
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 110 (1.71%) +1.33
John SaldivarUDP3,23250.48+1.31
Joaquin Cawich PUP3,12248.77−0.78
2003 general election[6]
Electorate: 8,344
Turnout: 6,278 (75.35%) −12.23
PUP hold
Majority: 24 (0.38%) −32.12
Agripino CawichPUP3,11149.55−12.69
John Saldivar UDP3,08749.17+19.43
1998 general election[7]
Electorate: 5,186
Turnout: 4,542 (87.58%) +18.44
PUP hold
Majority: 1,476 (32.5%) +26.1
Agripino CawichPUP2,82762.24+9.64
John Saldivar UDP1,35129.74−16.46
Ismael "Miley" Garcia Independent2725.99-
Melvin Hulse Sr. NABR430.95-
Rodolfo (Dopo) Lopez PDP140.31-
1993 general election[8][9]
Electorate: 3,795
Turnout: 2,624 (69.14%) −5.32
PUP hold
Majority: 167 (6.4%) −15.2
Sam WaightPUP1,37952.6−7.2
Melvin Hulse Sr. UDP1,21246.2+8.0
Curnell Garbutt Independent331.3-
1989 general election[10][11]
Electorate: 3,199
Turnout: 2,382 (74.46%) −1.21
PUP hold
Majority: 515 (21.6%) +19.5
Sam WaightPUP1,42559.8+9.8
Phillip Brackett UDP91038.2−9.7
1984 general election[12][13]
Electorate: 2,277
Turnout: 1,723 (75.67%) −14.21
PUP hold
Majority: 36 (2.1%) −9.9
Sam WaightPUP86150.0−5.2
Harold Flowers UDP82547.9+4.7
1979 general election[14]
Electorate: 3,181
Turnout: 2,859 (89.88%) +16.46
PUP hold
Majority: 12.0% (−11.1)
Sam WaightPUP55.2−4.6
Teodosio Ochoa UDP43.2+6.5
1974 general election[15]
Electorate: 2,310
Turnout: 1,696 (73.42%) −0.51
PUP hold
Majority: 23.1% (+12.1)
Santiago PerdomoPUP59.8+9.8
Pedro Mena UDP36.7-
1969 general election[16]
Electorate: 1,565
Turnout: 1,157 (73.93%) +2.84
PUP hold
Majority: 11.0% (−12.4)
Santiago PerdomoPUP50.0−9.9
Pedro Mena NIP39.0+2.5
Miguel Ruiz Independent8.8-
1965 general election[17]
Electorate: 1,771
Turnout: 1,259 (71.09%) −10.85
PUP hold
Majority: 23.4% (−7.9)
Santiago PerdomoPUP59.9−1.4
Pedro Mena NIP36.5+30.7
1961 general election[18]
Electorate: 1,174
Turnout: 962 (81.94%) n/a
PUP win
Majority: 31.3% (n/a)
Santiago PerdomoPUP61.3-
Eduardo Espat CDP30.0-
Pedro Mena NIP5.8-

References

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  1. ^ Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
  2. ^ Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
  3. ^ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  4. ^ 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  5. ^ Result of By-election 2003, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 3 December 2014)
  6. ^ 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  7. ^ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  8. ^ General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  9. ^ 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  10. ^ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  11. ^ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  12. ^ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  13. ^ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  14. ^ General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  15. ^ General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  16. ^ General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  17. ^ General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  18. ^ General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)