Cayo South

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Cayo South
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
Belize constituencies, Cayo South.svg
District Cayo
Electorate6,905 (2012)
Major settlements Valley of Peace, Armenia
Current constituency
Created1961
Party  People's United Party
Area Representative Julius Espat

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.

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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

ElectionArea 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

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
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 Espat PUP 3,05158.45+17.94
Ramon Witz UDP 2,10940.412.02
2008 general election [4]
Electorate: 5,871
Turnout: 4,538 (77.3%) +4.67
UDP hold
Majority: 520 (11.45%) +9.74
Ramon Witz UDP 2,37952.42+1.94
Charles Galvez PUP 1,85940.977.8
Richard Smith NBA 1593.5-
Hubert Enriquez VIP 962.12-
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 Saldivar UDP 3,23250.48+1.31
Joaquin Cawich PUP 3,12248.770.78
2003 general election [6]
Electorate: 8,344
Turnout: 6,278 (75.35%) 12.23
PUP hold
Majority: 24 (0.38%) 32.12
Agripino Cawich PUP 3,11149.5512.69
John Saldivar UDP 3,08749.17+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 Cawich PUP 2,82762.24+9.64
John Saldivar UDP 1,35129.7416.46
Ismael "Miley" Garcia Independent 2725.99-
Melvin Hulse Sr. NABR 430.95-
Rodolfo (Dopo) Lopez PDP 140.31-
1993 general election [8] [9]
Electorate: 3,795
Turnout: 2,624 (69.14%) 5.32
PUP hold
Majority: 167 (6.4%) 15.2
Sam Waight PUP 1,37952.67.2
Melvin Hulse Sr. UDP 1,21246.2+8.0
Curnell Garbutt Independent 331.3-
1989 general election [10] [11]
Electorate: 3,199
Turnout: 2,382 (74.46%) 1.21
PUP hold
Majority: 515 (21.6%) +19.5
Sam Waight PUP 1,42559.8+9.8
Phillip Brackett UDP 91038.29.7
1984 general election [12] [13]
Electorate: 2,277
Turnout: 1,723 (75.67%) 14.21
PUP hold
Majority: 36 (2.1%) 9.9
Sam Waight PUP 86150.05.2
Harold Flowers UDP 82547.9+4.7
1979 general election [14]
Electorate: 3,181
Turnout: 2,859 (89.88%) +16.46
PUP hold
Majority: 12.0% (11.1)
Sam Waight PUP 55.24.6
Teodosio Ochoa UDP 43.2+6.5
1974 general election [15]
Electorate: 2,310
Turnout: 1,696 (73.42%) 0.51
PUP hold
Majority: 23.1% (+12.1)
Santiago Perdomo PUP 59.8+9.8
Pedro Mena UDP 36.7-
1969 general election [16]
Electorate: 1,565
Turnout: 1,157 (73.93%) +2.84
PUP hold
Majority: 11.0% (12.4)
Santiago Perdomo PUP 50.09.9
Pedro Mena NIP 39.0+2.5
Miguel Ruiz Independent 8.8-
1965 general election [17]
Electorate: 1,771
Turnout: 1,259 (71.09%) 10.85
PUP hold
Majority: 23.4% (7.9)
Santiago Perdomo PUP 59.91.4
Pedro Mena NIP 36.5+30.7
1961 general election [18]
Electorate: 1,174
Turnout: 962 (81.94%) n/a
PUP win
Majority: 31.3% (n/a)
Santiago Perdomo PUP 61.3-
Eduardo Espat CDP 30.0-
Pedro Mena NIP 5.8-

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