Toledo East

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Toledo East
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
Belize constituencies, Toledo East.svg
District Toledo
Electorate6,640 (2012)
Major settlements Punta Gorda, Monkey River Town
Current constituency
Created1984
Party  People's United Party
Area Representative Michael Espat

Toledo East is an electoral constituency in the Toledo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2012 by Michael Espat of the People's United Party. Espat also served several non-consecutive terms in the constituency dating back to 1989.

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The Toledo East constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It is one of two constituencies in the rural Toledo District of southern Belize, currently comprising the district's coastal areas including Punta Gorda and Monkey River Town. [1]

Toledo East is a very competitive constituency, routinely changing hands between the PUP and the UDP since its creation. In 2003 Espat became the constituency's only Area Representative re-elected to a consecutive term to date.

Area representatives

ElectionArea representative [2] Party
1984 Charles Wagner UDP
1989 Michael Espat PUP
1993 Joseph Cayetano UDP
1998 Michael Espat PUP
2003 Michael Espat PUP
2008 Eden Martinez UDP
2012 Michael Espat PUP
2015 Michael Espat PUP
2020 Michael Espat PUP

Elections

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
2025 general election [3]
Electorate: 8,554
Turnout: 5,537 (64.73%) 4.04
PUP hold
Majority: 4,648 (83.94%) +60.00
Osmond Martinez PUP 5,03290.88+29.23
William Anthony Maheia PNP 3846.94-
Orlando Albert Muschamp Independent Politician 370.67-
2020 general election [4]
Electorate: 6,831
Turnout: 4,698 (68.77%) 1.85
PUP hold
Majority: 1,114 (23.94%) +20.26
Michael Espat PUP 2,86961.65+12.40
Dennis Garbutt UDP 1,75537.71-7.86
Mateo Tomas Polanco Independent Politician 90.11-
2015 general election [5]
Electorate: 7,727
Turnout: 5,457 (70.62%) 2.20
PUP hold
Majority: 200 (3.68%) 3.35
Michael Espat PUP 2,68749.250.74
Peter Martinez UDP 2,48745.57-1.03
Wil Maheia BPP 2254.12-
Llewellyn Lucas BGIP 50.090.95
2012 general election [6]
Electorate: 6,640
Turnout: 4,835 (72.82%) 3.62
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 340 (7.03%) 10.31
Michael Espat PUP 2,41749.99+12.83
Eden Martinez UDP 2,07742.9611.54
Wil Maheia PNP 2825.830.95
2008 general election [7]
Electorate: 5,773
Turnout: 4.413 (76.44%) 1.45
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 765 (17.34%) +11.72
Eden Martinez UDP 2,40554.50+7,89
Michael Espat PUP 1,64037.1615.07
Wil Maheia PNP 2996.78-
Herman Marion Lewis Independent 350.79-
2003 general election [8]
Electorate: 4,269
Turnout: 3,325 (77.89%) 9.18
PUP hold
Majority: 189 (5.62%) 11.49
Michael Espat PUP 1,75752.235.49
Eden Martinez UDP 1,56846.61+6.0
1998 general election [9]
Electorate: 4,533
Turnout: 3,947 (87.07%) +9.18
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 675 (17.11%) +16.91
Michael Espat PUP 2,27857.72+7.82
Ryan Kenneth Pennell UDP 1,60340.619.49
Maximiliano Requena NABR 300.76-
1993 general election [10] [11]
Electorate: 4,135
Turnout: 3,100 (74.97%) +1.07
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 4 (0.2%) 5.0
Joseph Cayetano UDP 1,55250.1+3.3
Michael Espat PUP 1,54849.92.1
1989 general election [12] [13]
Electorate: 3,375
Turnout: 2,494 (73.9%) +0.5
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 130 (5.2%) 18.0
Michael Espat PUP 1,29852.0+8.7
Charles Wagner UDP 1,16846.819.7
1984 general election [14] [15]
Electorate: 2,293
Turnout: 1,683 (73.4%) n/a
UDP win
Majority: 199 (23.2%) n/a
Charles Wagner UDP 92766.5-
Liegh Usher PUP 72843.3-

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)