Cayo North
Electoral constituency in Belize
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Cayo North is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize by Michel Chebat of the People’s United Party (PUP).
| Cayo North | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
| |
| District | Cayo |
| Electorate | 8,439(2022) |
| Major settlements | San Ignacio (part), Bullet Tree Falls |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1961 |
| Party | People's United Party |
| Area Representative | Michel Chebat |
Profile
The Cayo North constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The constituency is based in the northwestern corner of Cayo District.[1] It includes the southern part of San Ignacio as well as the villages of Bullet Tree Falls and Paslow Falls.[2]
Joseph Mahmud of the People's United Party, who was elected in the 2012 election, unexpectedly resigned in November 2014.[3] A by-election was held on 5 January 2015 to elect Mahmud's successor. The by-election was only the third in Belize since independence, preceded by by-elections in Freetown (January 1993) and Cayo South (October 2003).[3][4] Candidate nominations closed on 15 December 2014 with PUP nominee Richard Harrison and UDP nominee Omar Figueroa qualifying. No third party candidates appeared on the ballot.[5] Figueroa won the by-election by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, increasing the UDP's overall majority in the Belize House.[6]
Area representatives
| Election | Area representative[7] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Hector Silva | PUP | |
| 1965 | Hector Silva | PUP | |
| 1969 | Hector Silva | PUP | |
| 1974 | Joseph Andrews | UDP | |
| 1979 | Assad Shoman | PUP | |
| 1984 | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | |
| 1989 | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | |
| 1993 | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | |
| 1998 | Ainslie Leslie | PUP | |
| 2003 | Ainslie Leslie | PUP | |
| 2008 | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | |
| 2012 | Joseph Mahmud | PUP | |
| 2015 by-election | Omar Figueroa | UDP | |
| 2015 | Omar Figueroa | UDP | |
| 2020 | Michel Chebat | PUP | |
| 2025 | Michel Chebat | PUP | |
Elections
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 general election[8] Electorate: 8,980 Turnout: 6,256 (69.67%) -13.22 | PUP hold Majority: 931 (14.88%) +0.40 | Michel Chebat | PUP | 3,518 | 56.23 | -0.54 | ||
| Omar Figueroa | UDP | 2,587 | 41.35 | -0.94 | ||||
| Leroy Lisbey | Belizeans Justice Movement | 67 | 1.07 | - | ||||
| 2020 general election[9] Electorate: 8,058 Turnout: 6,679 (82.89%) +7.47 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 955 (14.48%) +11.44 | Michel Chebat | PUP | 3,745 | 56.77 | +8.72 | ||
| Omar Figueroa | UDP | 2,790 | 42.29 | -8.80 | ||||
| Kurt Lizarraga | Belize People's Front | 62 | 0.94 | - | ||||
| 2015 general election[10] Electorate: 6,940 Turnout: 5,234 (75.42%) +13.8 | UDP hold Majority: 159 (3.04%) -29.47 | Omar Figueroa | UDP | 2,674 | 51.09 | -14.60 | ||
| Michel Chebat | PUP | 2,515 | 48.05 | +14.87 | ||||
| January 2015 by-election[3][11][6] Electorate: 6,598 Turnout: 4,063 (61.6%) −13.1 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 1,321 (32.51%) +23.95 | Omar Figueroa | UDP | 2,669 | 65.69 | +22.92 | ||
| Richard Harrison | PUP | 1,348 | 33.18 | −18.15 | ||||
| 2012 general election[12] Electorate: 6,213 Turnout: 4,641 (74.7%) −3.3 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 397 (8.56%) −19.85 | Joseph Mahmud | PUP | 2,382 | 51.33 | +17.27 | ||
| Salvador Fernandez | UDP | 1,985 | 42.77 | −19.7 | ||||
| Marcel Bedran | Independent | 191 | 4.12 | - | ||||
| 2008 general election[13] Electorate: 5,213 Turnout: 4,066 (78.0%) −4.9 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 1,155 (28.41%) +24.7 | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | 2,540 | 62.47 | +14.76 | ||
| Otto Coleman | PUP | 1,385 | 34.06 | −17.36 | ||||
| Alden McDougall | NRP | 100 | 2.46 | - | ||||
| 2003 general election[14] Electorate: 6,842 Turnout: 5,673 (82.9%) −10.12 | PUP hold Majority: 210 (3.71%) +1.93 | Ainslie Leslie | PUP | 2,917 | 51.42 | +1.2 | ||
| Dean Williams | UDP | 2,707 | 47.71 | −0.73 | ||||
| 1998 general election[15] Electorate: 5,045 Turnout: 4,693 (93.02%) +17.23 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 84 (1.78%) +1.38 | Ainslie Leslie | PUP | 2,357 | 50.22 | +0.42 | ||
| Salvador Fernandez | UDP | 2,273 | 48.44 | −1.76 | ||||
| Nazim Elias Juan | Independent | 32 | 0.68 | - | ||||
| 1993 general election[16][17] Electorate: 4,964 Turnout: 3,762 (75.79%) −2.88 | UDP hold Majority: 18 (0.4%) −7.7 | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | 1,890 | 50.2 | −2.7 | ||
| Ainslie Leslie | PUP | 1,872 | 49.8 | +5.0 | ||||
| 1989 general election[18][19] Electorate: 3,751 Turnout: 2,951 (78.67%) −0.96 | UDP hold Majority: 241 (8.1%) −10.5 | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | 1,562 | 52.9 | −6.0 | ||
| Ismael Garcia | PUP | 1,321 | 44.8 | +4.5 | ||||
| 1984 general election[20][21] Electorate: 2,711 Turnout: 2,159 (79.63%) −12.38 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 402 (18.6%) +14.9 | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | 1,271 | 58.9 | +11.29 | ||
| Orlando Harrison | PUP | 869 | 40.3 | −11.1 | ||||
| 1979 general election[22] Electorate: 4,107 Turnout: 3,779 (92.01%) +14.02 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 3.7% (+0.3) | Assad Shoman | PUP | 51.4 | +4.8 | |||
| Joseph Andrews | UDP | 47.7 | −2.3 | |||||
| 1974 general election[23] Electorate: 2,621 Turnout: 2,044 (77.99%) +2.95 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 3.4% (+3.3) | Joseph Andrews | UDP | 50.0 | - | |||
| Assad Shoman | PUP | 46.6 | −2.4 | |||||
| 1969 general election[24] Electorate: 1,695 Turnout: 1,272 (75.04%) +3.83 | PUP hold Majority: 0.1% (−25.5) | Hector Silva | PUP | 49.0 | −12.9 | |||
| Joseph Andrews | NIP | 48.9 | +12.6 | |||||
| 1965 general election[25] Electorate: 1,886 Turnout: 1,343 (71.21%) −9.44 | PUP hold Majority: 25.6% (−17.9) | Hector Silva | PUP | 61.9 | −8.6 | |||
| Theodocio Ochoa | NIP | 36.3 | - | |||||
| 1961 general election[26] Electorate: 1,292 Turnout: 1,042 (80.65%) n/a | PUP win Majority: 43.5% (n/a) | Hector Silva | PUP | 70.5 | - | |||
| Manuel Figueroa | CDP | 16.3 | - | |||||