Corozal North

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Corozal North
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
Belize constituencies, Corozal North.svg
District Corozal
Electorate6,877 (2015)
Major settlements Corozal Town (part), Patchacan
Current constituency
Created1961
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.

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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
1965 Santiago Ricalde PUP
1969 Santiago Ricalde PUP
1974 Vildo Marin PUP
1979 Valdemar Castillo PUP
1984 Valdemar Castillo PUP
1989 Valdemar Castillo PUP
1993 Valdemar Castillo PUP
1998 Valdemar Castillo PUP
2003 Valdemar Castillo PUP
2008 Nemencio Acosta UDP
2012 Hugo Amilcar Patt UDP
2015 Hugo Amilcar Patt UDP
2020 Hugo Amilcar Patt UDP

Elections

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
2025 general election [3]
Electorate: 7,466
Turnout: 5.989 (80.22%) 7.71
UDP hold
Majority: 1,112 (18.57%) +3.57
Hugo Amilcar Patt UDP 3,47958.39+1.43
David Castillo PUP 2,38539.82-2.14
Condaace Espedido Belizeans Justice Movement 440.73-
2020 general election [4]
Electorate: 7,000
Turnout: 6,155 (87.93%) +5.54
UDP hold
Majority: 916 (15.00%) +6.30
Hugo Amilcar Patt UDP 3,47956.96+3.08
David Castillo PUP 2,56341.96-3.22
Alfonso Acosta Belize People's Front 661.08-
2015 general election [5]
Electorate: 6,877
Turnout: 5,666 (82.39%) +0.27
UDP hold
Majority: 493 (8.70%) +4.65
Hugo Amilcar Patt UDP 3,05353.88+2.00
David Castillo PUP 2,56045.18-2.65
Edna Doris Diaz BPP 300.56-
2012 general election
Electorate: 6,233
Turnout: 5,152 (82.66%) 2.48
UDP hold
Majority: 209 (4.05%) 5.76
Hugo Amilcar Patt UDP 2,67351.882.00
Valdemar Castillo PUP 2,46447.83+2.94
2008 general election [6]
Electorate: 5,432
Turnout: 4,625 (85.14%) 2.42
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 454 (9.81%) +9.58
Nemencio Acosta UDP 2,53054.7+5.86
Valdemar Castillo PUP 2,07644.894.18
2012 general election [7]
Electorate: 6,233
Turnout: 5,152 (82.66%) 2.48
UDP hold
Majority: 209 (4.05%) 5.76
Hugo Amilcar Patt UDP 2,67351.882.82
Valdemar Castillo PUP 2,46447.83+2.94
2008 general election [6]
Electorate: 5,432
Turnout: 4,625 (85.14%) 2.42
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 454 (9.81%) +9.58
Nemencio Acosta UDP 2,53054.7+5.86
Valdemar Castillo PUP 2,07644.894.18
2003 general election [8]
Electorate: 3,987
Turnout: 3,491 (87.56%) 6.8
PUP hold
Majority: 8 (0.23%) 25.26
Valdemar Castillo PUP 1,71349.0713.19
Nemencio Acosta UDP 1,70548.84+12.07
Felipe Tzul Independent 561.6-
1998 general election [9]
Electorate: 3,052
Turnout: 2,880 (94.36%) +10.33
PUP hold
Majority: 734 (25.49%) +7.29
Valdemar Castillo PUP 1,79362.26+3.16
Guadalupe Longsworth UDP 1,05936.774.13
1993 general election [10] [11]
Electorate: 3,413
Turnout: 2,868 (84.03%) 2.28
PUP hold
Majority: 524 (18.2%) +8.2
Valdemar Castillo PUP 1,69659.1+4.7
Guadalupe Longsworth UDP 1,17240.93.5
1989 general election [12] [13]
Electorate: 2,922
Turnout: 2,522 (86.31%) +1.56
PUP hold
Majority: 252 (10.0%) +9.5
Valdemar Castillo PUP 1,37154.4+4.8
Richard Quan UDP 1,11944.44.7
1984 general election [14] [15]
Electorate: 2,157
Turnout: 1,828 (84.75%) 6.45
PUP hold
Majority: 0.5% (7.8)
Valdemar Castillo PUP 49.63.8
Richard Quan UDP 49.1+4.0
1979 general election [16]
Electorate: 3,843
Turnout: 3,505 (91.2%) +17.78
PUP hold
Majority: 8.3% (+7.5)
Valdemar Castillo PUP 53.4+8.6
Javier Castillo UDP 45.1-
1974 general election [17]
Electorate: 2,310
Turnout: 1,696 (73.42%) +2.32
PUP hold
Majority: 0.8% (43.1)
Vildo Marin PUP 44.815.8
Edwardo Tillett CUF 44.0-
Santiago Ricalde Independent 7.4-
Ernest Hall Independent 2.4-
1969 general election [18]
Electorate: 1,617
Turnout: 1,149 (71.1%) +2.54
PUP hold
Majority: 43.9% (1.4)
Santiago Ricalde PUP 60.69.8
Gualberto Martinez Jr. NIP 16.78.4
1965 general election [19]
Electorate: 1,797
Turnout: 1,232 (68.56%) 8.9
PUP hold
Majority: 45.3% (16.5)
Santiago Ricalde PUP 70.49.5
Gualberto Martinez Sr. NIP 25.1+7.0
1961 general election [20]
Electorate: 1,473
Turnout: 1,141 (77.46%) n/a
PUP win
Majority: 61.8% (n/a)
Santiago Ricalde PUP 79.9-
Gualberto Martinez NIP 18.1-

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