Cayo West

Cayo West
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Cayo
Electorate	6,351 (2012)
Major settlements	Benque Viejo del Carmen
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	United Democratic Party
Area Representative	Erwin Contreras

Cayo West is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 1998 by Erwin Contreras of the United Democratic Party.

Profile

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

Election		Area Representative[2]	Party
	1984	Pedro Guerra Mena	UDP
	1989	Miguel Ruiz	PUP
	1993	Amin Hegar	PUP
	1998	Erwin Contreras	UDP

Elections

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

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. 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
6. General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
7. General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
8. 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
9. General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
10. 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
11. General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
12. 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)