Corozal Bay (Belize House constituency)

Corozal Bay
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Corozal
Electorate	6,768 (2015)
Major settlements	Corozal Town (part)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	People's United Party
Area Representative	Elvia Vega-Samos

Corozal Bay is an electoral constituency in the Corozal District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2021 by Elvia Vega-Samos of the People's United Party (PUP).

Profile

The Corozal Bay constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. By far the smallest of the four constituencies in the Corozal District geographically, Corozal Bay consists of most of the district's capital, Corozal Town. ^[1]

Area representatives

Election		Area representative [2]	Party
	1984	Israel Alpuche	UDP
	1989	Juan Vildo Marin	PUP
	1993	Juan Vildo Marin	PUP
	1998	Juan Vildo Marin	PUP
	2003	Juan Vildo Marin	PUP
	2008	Pablo Marin	UDP
	2012	Pablo Marin	UDP
	2015	Pablo Marin	UDP
	2020	David Vega	PUP
	2021 by-election	Elvia Vega-Samos	PUP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2012 general election [3] Electorate: 6,237 Turnout: 4,652 (74.59%) −3.06		UDP hold Majority: 148 (3.18%) −16.31		Pablo Marin	UDP	2,340	50.3	−9.06
				Gregorio "Papas" Garcia	PUP	2,192	47.12	+7.25
				Carlos Javier Sawers	VIP	50	1.07	-
2008 general election [4] Electorate: 5,352 Turnout: 4,156 (77.65%) +0.71		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 810 (19.49%) +13.03		Pablo Marin	UDP	2,467	59.36	+14.34
				Juan Vildo Marin	PUP	1,657	39.87	−11.61
2003 general election [5] Electorate: 5,274 Turnout: 4,058 (76.94%) −10.73		PUP hold Majority: 262 (6.46%) −18.7		Juan Vildo Marin	PUP	2,089	51.48	−10.72
				Carlos Castillo	UDP	1,827	45.02	+7.98
				Roy Rodriguez	Independent	86	2.12	-
1998 general election [6] Electorate: 4,031 Turnout: 3,534 (87.67%) +3.8		PUP hold Majority: 889 (25.16%) +18.16		Juan Vildo Marin	PUP	2,198	62.2	+8.7
				Willard Levy	UDP	1,309	37.04	−9.46
1993 general election [7] [8] Electorate: 3,868 Turnout: 3,244 (83.87%) +7.61		PUP hold Majority: 197 (7.0%) +3.7		Juan Vildo Marin	PUP	1,526	53.5	+3.0
				Paulino Montalvo	UDP	1,329	46.5	−0.7
1989 general election [9] [10] Electorate: 3,336 Turnout: 2,544 (76.26%) −0.13		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 84 (3.3%) −6.1		Juan Vildo Marin	PUP	1,285	50.5	+7.8
				Israel Alpuche	UDP	1,201	47.2	−9.2
1984 general election [11] [12] Electorate: 2,563 Turnout: 1,958 (76.39%) n/a		UDP win Majority: 9.4% (n/a)		Israel Alpuche	UDP		56.4	-
				Gregorio Garcia	PUP		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)