Corozal North

Corozal North
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
District Corozal
Electorate 6,233 (2012)
Major settlements Corozal Town (part), Patchacan
Current constituency
Created 1961
Party      United Democratic Party
Area Representative Hugo Amilcar Patt

Corozal North is an electoral constituency in the Corozal District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2012 by Hugo Amilcar Patt of the United Democratic Party.

Profile

The Corozal North constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. It is the northernmost constituency in the country, running along the Mexican border on the Hondo River. Settlements in the constituency include Paraíso, Patchacan and a portion of Corozal Town.[1]

Area Representatives

ElectionArea Representative[2] Party
1961 Santiago Ricalde PUP
1974 Vildo Marin PUP
1979 Valdemar Castillo PUP
2008 Nemencio Acosta UDP
2012 Hugo Amilcar Patt UDP

Elections

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
2012 general election [3]
Electorate: 6,233
Turnout: 5,152 (82.66%) 2.48
UDP hold
Majority: 209 (4.05%) 5.76
Hugo Amilcar PattUDP2,67351.882.82
Valdemar Castillo PUP2,46447.83+2.94
2008 general election [4]
Electorate: 5,432
Turnout: 4,625 (85.14%) 2.42
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 454 (9.81%) +9.58
Nemencio AcostaUDP2,53054.7+5.86
Valdemar Castillo PUP2,07644.894.18
2003 general election [5]
Electorate: 3,987
Turnout: 3,491 (87.56%) 6.8
PUP hold
Majority: 8 (0.23%) 25.26
Valdemar CastilloPUP1,71349.0713.19
Nemencio Acosta UDP1,70548.84+12.07
Felipe Tzul Independent561.6-
1998 general election [6]
Electorate: 3,052
Turnout: 2,880 (94.36%) +10.33
PUP hold
Majority: 734 (25.49%) +7.29
Valdemar CastilloPUP1,79362.26+3.16
Guadalupe Longsworth UDP1,05936.774.13
1993 general election [7][8]
Electorate: 3,413
Turnout: 2,868 (84.03%) 2.28
PUP hold
Majority: 524 (18.2%) +8.2
Valdemar CastilloPUP1,69659.1+4.7
Guadalupe Longsworth UDP1,17240.93.5
1989 general election [9][10]
Electorate: 2,922
Turnout: 2,522 (86.31%) +1.56
PUP hold
Majority: 252 (10.0%) +9.5
Valdemar CastilloPUP1,37154.4+4.8
Richard Quan UDP1,11944.44.7
1984 general election [11][12]
Electorate: 2,157
Turnout: 1,828 (84.75%) 6.45
PUP hold
Majority: 0.5% (7.8)
Valdemar CastilloPUP49.63.8
Richard Quan UDP49.1+4.0
1979 general election [13]
Electorate: 3,843
Turnout: 3,505 (91.2%) +17.78
PUP hold
Majority: 8.3% (+7.5)
Valdemar CastilloPUP53.4+8.6
Javier Castillo UDP45.1-
1974 general election [14]
Electorate: 2,310
Turnout: 1,696 (73.42%) +2.32
PUP hold
Majority: 0.8% (43.1)
Vildo MarinPUP44.815.8
Edwardo Tillett CUF44.0-
Santiago Ricalde Independent7.4-
Ernest Hall Independent2.4-
1969 general election [15]
Electorate: 1,617
Turnout: 1,149 (71.1%) +2.54
PUP hold
Majority: 43.9% (1.4)
Santiago RicaldePUP60.69.8
Gualberto Martinez Jr. NIP16.78.4
1965 general election [16]
Electorate: 1,797
Turnout: 1,232 (68.56%) 8.9
PUP hold
Majority: 45.3% (16.5)
Santiago RicaldePUP70.49.5
Gualberto Martinez Sr. NIP25.1+7.0
1961 general election [17]
Electorate: 1,473
Turnout: 1,141 (77.46%) n/a
PUP win
Majority: 61.8% (n/a)
Santiago RicaldePUP79.9-
Gualberto Martinez NIP18.1-

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)
  13. General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  14. General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  15. General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  16. General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  17. General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)

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