Cayo West

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Cayo West
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
Belize constituencies, Cayo West.svg
District Cayo
Electorate6,351 (2012)
Major settlements Benque Viejo del Carmen, San Jose Succotz
Current constituency
Created1984
Party United Democratic Party
Area Representative Muigel Gurrea

Cayo West is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2025 by Mugiel Gurrea of United Democratic Party (UDP ).

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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

ElectionArea representative [2] Party
1984 Pedro Guerra Mena UDP
1989 Miguel Ruiz PUP
1993 Amin Hegar PUP
1998 Erwin Contreras UDP
2003 Erwin Contreras UDP
2008 Erwin Contreras PUP
2012 Erwin Contreras UDP
2015 Erwin Contreras UDP
2020 Jorge Espat PUP
2025 Miguel Guerra UDP

Elections

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
2025 general election [3]
Electorate: 7,674
Turnout: 5,115 (66.65%) 15.95
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 326 (4.29 6.38%) +2.09
Miguel Guerra UDP 2,61251.07+3.86
Jorge Espat PUP 2,28644.696.81
Esduit Ariel Moralez Belizeans Justice Movement 661.29-
2020 general election [4]
Electorate: 6,465
Turnout: 5,340 (82.60%) +6.48
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 225 (4.29%) -19.57
Jorge Espat PUP 2,70351.50+14.21
Erwin Contreras UDP 2,47847.2113.94
Eduardo Raul Ayala Belize People's Front 681.29-
2015 general election [5]
Electorate: 7,068
Turnout: 5,380 (76.12%) 1.00
UDP hold
Majority: 1,284 (23.86%) -3.37
Erwin Contreras UDP 3,29061.15-1.71
Lesbia Lissette Guerra PUP 2,00637.29+1.66
2012 general election [6]
Electorate: 6,351
Turnout: 4,898 (77.12%) 3.44
UDP hold
Majority: 1,334 (27.23%) +2.51
Erwin Contreras UDP 3,07962.86+1.66
Oscar Sabido PUP 1,74535.630.85
2008 general election [7]
Electorate: 5,621
Turnout: 4,528 (80.56%) 5.74
UDP hold
Majority: 1,119 (24.72%) +15.26
Erwin Contreras UDP 2,77161.2+6.94
Kendall Mendez PUP 1,65236.488.32
Marta Aguallo Hendrix VIP 400.88-
2003 general election [8]
Electorate: 4,656
Turnout: 4,018 (86.3%) 8.01
UDP hold
Majority: 380 (9.46%) +9.13
Erwin Contreras UDP 2,18054.26+4.66
Kendall Mendez PUP 1,80044.84.47
1998 general election [9]
Electorate: 3,286
Turnout: 3,099 (94.31%) +15.68
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 10 (0.33%) 10.67
Erwin Contreras UDP 1,53749.6+5.1
Amin Hegar PUP 1,52749.276.23
1993 general election [10] [11]
Electorate: 3,168
Turnout: 2,491 (78.63%) 0.54
PUP hold
Majority: 273 (11.0%) +5.8
Amin Hegar PUP 1,38255.5+4.1
Guillermo Valdez UDP 1,10944.51.7
1989 general election [12] [13]
Electorate: 2,539
Turnout: 2,010 (79.17%) 1.83
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 104 (5.2%) 6.8
Miguel Ruiz PUP 1,03351.4+8.7
Carlos Leon UDP 92946.28.5
1984 general election [14] [15]
Electorate: 2,042
Turnout: 1,654 (81.0%) n/a
UDP win
Majority: 198 (12.0%) n/a
Pedro Guerra Mena UDP 90454.7-
Mac Alamilla PUP 70642.7-

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 2025, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 12 March 2025)
  4. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2020, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 11 November 2020)
  5. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2015, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 4 November 2015)
  6. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  7. 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  8. 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  9. General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  10. General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  11. 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  12. General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  13. 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  14. General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  15. 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)