| Cayo Central | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
 | |
| District | Cayo |
| Electorate | 7,180 (2012) |
| Major settlements | Santa Elena |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Party | People's United Party |
| Area Representative | Alex Balona |
Cayo Central is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Alex Balona of the People's United Party (PUP).
The Cayo Central constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. Cayo Central consists of an area in north-central Cayo District including Georgeville and the Santa Elena section of western San Ignacio. [1]
Cayo Central is a bellwether constituency in Belize. Since its creation the party which won the constituency went on to win the general election overall.
| Election | Area representative [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Eduardo Juan | UDP | |
| 1989 | Dan Silva | PUP | |
| 1993 | Eduardo Juan | UDP | |
| 1998 | Dan Silva | PUP | |
| 2003 | Mario Castellanos | PUP | |
| 2008 | Rene Montero | UDP | |
| 2012 | Rene Montero | UDP | |
| 2015 | Rene Montero | UDP | |
| 2020 | Alex Balona | PUP | |
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 general election [3] Electorate: 7,180 Turnout: 5,072 (70.64%) −3.9 | UDP hold Majority: 44 (0.86%) −26.62 | Rene Montero | UDP | 2,522 | 49.72 | −11.66 | ||
| Collet Emmanuel Montejo | PUP | 2,478 | 48.86 | +14.96 | ||||
| 2008 general election [4] Electorate: 6,316 Turnout: 4,708 (74.54%) −5.93 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 1,294 (27.48%) +23.81 | Rene Montero | UDP | 2,890 | 61.38 | +14.74 | ||
| Mario Castellanos | PUP | 1,596 | 33.9 | −16.41 | ||||
| Gilroy "Rick" Requena | VIP | 29 | 0.62 | - | ||||
| Nazim Juan | Independent | 29 | 0.62 | - | ||||
| 2003 general election [5] Electorate: 6,022 Turnout: 4,845 (80.47%) −10.95 | PUP hold Majority: 178 (3.67%) −5.07 | Mario Castellanos | PUP | 2,438 | 50.31 | −3.3 | ||
| Rene Montero | UDP | 2,260 | 46.64 | +1.77 | ||||
| Eduardo Juan | Independent | 63 | 1.3 | - | ||||
| Ivan Roberts | Independent | 26 | 0.54 | - | ||||
| 1998 general election [6] Electorate: 4,107 Turnout: 3,755 (91.42%) +16.99 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 328 (8.74%) +5.74 | Dan Silva | PUP | 2,013 | 53.61 | +5.11 | ||
| Eduardo Juan | UDP | 1,685 | 44.87 | −6.63 | ||||
| John Mena | NABR | 37 | 0.99 | - | ||||
| 1993 general election [7] [8] Electorate: 3,934 Turnout: 2,928 (74.43%) −2.24 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 88 (3.0%) −2.1 | Eduardo Juan | UDP | 1,508 | 51.5 | +5.3 | ||
| Dan Silva | PUP | 1,420 | 48.5 | −2.8 | ||||
| 1989 general election [9] [10] Electorate: 3,249 Turnout: 2,491 (76.67%) −5.76 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 125 (5.1%) −0.8 | Dan Silva | PUP | 1,277 | 51.3 | +7.8 | ||
| Eduardo Juan | UDP | 1,152 | 46.2 | −3.2 | ||||
| 1984 general election [11] [12] Electorate: 2,539 Turnout: 2,093 (82.43%) n/a | UDP win Majority: 122 (5.9%) n/a | Eduardo Juan | UDP | 1,033 | 49.4 | - | ||
| Assad Shoman | PUP | 911 | 43.5 | - | ||||
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