Corozal North
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.
| Corozal North | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
| District | Corozal |
| Electorate | 6,877 (2015) |
| Major settlements | Corozal Town (part), Patchacan |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1961 |
| Party | United Democratic Party |
| Area Representative | Hugo Amilcar Patt |
Profile
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
| Election | Area Representative[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Santiago Ricalde | PUP | |
| 1974 | Vildo Marin | PUP | |
| 1979 | Valdemar Castillo | PUP | |
| 2008 | Nemencio Acosta | UDP | |
| 2012 | Hugo Amilcar Patt | UDP | |
Elections
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 general election [3] Electorate: 6,233 Turnout: 5,152 (82.66%) −2.48 | UDP hold Majority: 209 (4.05%) −5.76 | Hugo Amilcar Patt | UDP | 2,673 | 51.88 | −2.82 | ||
| Valdemar Castillo | PUP | 2,464 | 47.83 | +2.94 | ||||
| 2008 general election [4] Electorate: 5,432 Turnout: 4,625 (85.14%) −2.42 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 454 (9.81%) +9.58 | Nemencio Acosta | UDP | 2,530 | 54.7 | +5.86 | ||
| Valdemar Castillo | PUP | 2,076 | 44.89 | −4.18 | ||||
| 2003 general election [5] Electorate: 3,987 Turnout: 3,491 (87.56%) −6.8 | PUP hold Majority: 8 (0.23%) −25.26 | Valdemar Castillo | PUP | 1,713 | 49.07 | −13.19 | ||
| Nemencio Acosta | UDP | 1,705 | 48.84 | +12.07 | ||||
| Felipe Tzul | Independent | 56 | 1.6 | - | ||||
| 1998 general election [6] Electorate: 3,052 Turnout: 2,880 (94.36%) +10.33 | PUP hold Majority: 734 (25.49%) +7.29 | Valdemar Castillo | PUP | 1,793 | 62.26 | +3.16 | ||
| Guadalupe Longsworth | UDP | 1,059 | 36.77 | −4.13 | ||||
| 1993 general election [7][8] Electorate: 3,413 Turnout: 2,868 (84.03%) −2.28 | PUP hold Majority: 524 (18.2%) +8.2 | Valdemar Castillo | PUP | 1,696 | 59.1 | +4.7 | ||
| Guadalupe Longsworth | UDP | 1,172 | 40.9 | −3.5 | ||||
| 1989 general election [9][10] Electorate: 2,922 Turnout: 2,522 (86.31%) +1.56 | PUP hold Majority: 252 (10.0%) +9.5 | Valdemar Castillo | PUP | 1,371 | 54.4 | +4.8 | ||
| Richard Quan | UDP | 1,119 | 44.4 | −4.7 | ||||
| 1984 general election [11][12] Electorate: 2,157 Turnout: 1,828 (84.75%) −6.45 | PUP hold Majority: 0.5% (−7.8) | Valdemar Castillo | PUP | 49.6 | −3.8 | |||
| Richard Quan | UDP | 49.1 | +4.0 | |||||
| 1979 general election [13] 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 [14] Electorate: 2,310 Turnout: 1,696 (73.42%) +2.32 | PUP hold Majority: 0.8% (−43.1) | Vildo Marin | PUP | 44.8 | −15.8 | |||
| Edwardo Tillett | CUF | 44.0 | - | |||||
| Santiago Ricalde | Independent | 7.4 | - | |||||
| Ernest Hall | Independent | 2.4 | - | |||||
| 1969 general election [15] Electorate: 1,617 Turnout: 1,149 (71.1%) +2.54 | PUP hold Majority: 43.9% (−1.4) | Santiago Ricalde | PUP | 60.6 | −9.8 | |||
| Gualberto Martinez Jr. | NIP | 16.7 | −8.4 | |||||
| 1965 general election [16] Electorate: 1,797 Turnout: 1,232 (68.56%) −8.9 | PUP hold Majority: 45.3% (−16.5) | Santiago Ricalde | PUP | 70.4 | −9.5 | |||
| Gualberto Martinez Sr. | NIP | 25.1 | +7.0 | |||||
| 1961 general election [17] 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 | - | |||||
References
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- Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
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- 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
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