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Corozal Bay
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
DistrictCorozal
Electorate6,768 (2015)
Major settlementsCorozal Town (part)
Current constituency
Created1984
Party  People's United Party
Area RepresentativeElvia 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.

Area representatives

Election Area representative 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
Electorate: 6,237
Turnout: 4,652 (74.59%) −3.06		UDP hold
Majority: 148 (3.18%) −16.31 		Pablo MarinUDP2,34050.3−9.06
Gregorio "Papas" Garcia PUP2,19247.12+7.25
Carlos Javier Sawers VIP501.07-
2008 general election
Electorate: 5,352
Turnout: 4,156 (77.65%) +0.71		UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 810 (19.49%) +13.03 		Pablo MarinUDP2,46759.36+14.34
Juan Vildo Marin PUP1,65739.87−11.61
2003 general election
Electorate: 5,274
Turnout: 4,058 (76.94%) −10.73		PUP hold
Majority: 262 (6.46%) −18.7 		Juan Vildo MarinPUP2,08951.48−10.72
Carlos Castillo UDP1,82745.02+7.98
Roy Rodriguez Independent862.12-
1998 general election
Electorate: 4,031
Turnout: 3,534 (87.67%) +3.8		PUP hold
Majority: 889 (25.16%) +18.16 		Juan Vildo MarinPUP2,19862.2+8.7
Willard Levy UDP1,30937.04−9.46
1993 general election
Electorate: 3,868
Turnout: 3,244 (83.87%) +7.61		PUP hold
Majority: 197 (7.0%) +3.7 		Juan Vildo MarinPUP1,52653.5+3.0
Paulino Montalvo UDP1,32946.5−0.7
1989 general election
Electorate: 3,336
Turnout: 2,544 (76.26%) −0.13		PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 84 (3.3%) −6.1 		Juan Vildo MarinPUP1,28550.5+7.8
Israel Alpuche UDP1,20147.2−9.2
1984 general election
Electorate: 2,563
Turnout: 1,958 (76.39%) n/a		UDP win
Majority: 9.4% (n/a) 		Israel AlpucheUDP56.4-
Gregorio Garcia PUP42.7-

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)

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