Corozal Bay (Belize House constituency)
| Corozal Bay | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
 | |
| District | Corozal |
| Electorate | 6,768 (2015) |
| Major settlements | Corozal Town (part) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Party | People's United Party |
| Area Representative | Elvia Vega-Samos |
Corozal Bay is an electoral constituency in the Corozal District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2021 by Elvia Vega-Samos of the People's United Party (PUP).
Profile[edit]
The Corozal Bay constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. By far the smallest of the four constituencies in the Corozal District geographically, Corozal Bay consists of most of the district's capital, Corozal Town.[1]
Area representatives[edit]
| Election | Area representative[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Israel Alpuche | UDP | |
| 1989 | Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | |
| 1993 | Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | |
| 1998 | Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | |
| 2003 | Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | |
| 2008 | Pablo Marin | UDP | |
| 2012 | Pablo Marin | UDP | |
| 2015 | Pablo Marin | UDP | |
| 2020 | David Vega | PUP | |
| 2021 by-election | Elvia Vega-Samos | PUP | |
Elections[edit]
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 general election[3] Electorate: 6,237 Turnout: 4,652 (74.59%) −3.06 | UDP hold Majority: 148 (3.18%) −16.31 | Pablo Marin | UDP | 2,340 | 50.3 | −9.06 | ||
| Gregorio "Papas" Garcia | PUP | 2,192 | 47.12 | +7.25 | ||||
| Carlos Javier Sawers | VIP | 50 | 1.07 | - | ||||
| 2008 general election[4] Electorate: 5,352 Turnout: 4,156 (77.65%) +0.71 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 810 (19.49%) +13.03 | Pablo Marin | UDP | 2,467 | 59.36 | +14.34 | ||
| Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | 1,657 | 39.87 | −11.61 | ||||
| 2003 general election[5] Electorate: 5,274 Turnout: 4,058 (76.94%) −10.73 | PUP hold Majority: 262 (6.46%) −18.7 | Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | 2,089 | 51.48 | −10.72 | ||
| Carlos Castillo | UDP | 1,827 | 45.02 | +7.98 | ||||
| Roy Rodriguez | Independent | 86 | 2.12 | - | ||||
| 1998 general election[6] Electorate: 4,031 Turnout: 3,534 (87.67%) +3.8 | PUP hold Majority: 889 (25.16%) +18.16 | Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | 2,198 | 62.2 | +8.7 | ||
| Willard Levy | UDP | 1,309 | 37.04 | −9.46 | ||||
| 1993 general election[7][8] Electorate: 3,868 Turnout: 3,244 (83.87%) +7.61 | PUP hold Majority: 197 (7.0%) +3.7 | Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | 1,526 | 53.5 | +3.0 | ||
| Paulino Montalvo | UDP | 1,329 | 46.5 | −0.7 | ||||
| 1989 general election[9][10] Electorate: 3,336 Turnout: 2,544 (76.26%) −0.13 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 84 (3.3%) −6.1 | Juan Vildo Marin | PUP | 1,285 | 50.5 | +7.8 | ||
| Israel Alpuche | UDP | 1,201 | 47.2 | −9.2 | ||||
| 1984 general election[11][12] Electorate: 2,563 Turnout: 1,958 (76.39%) n/a | UDP win Majority: 9.4% (n/a) | Israel Alpuche | UDP | 56.4 | - | |||
| Gregorio Garcia | PUP | 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)