Toledo East

Toledo East
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Toledo
Electorate	6,640 (2012)
Major settlements	Punta Gorda, Monkey River Town
Current constituency
Created	1984
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.

Profile

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

Election		Area Representative[2]	Party
	1984	Charles Wagner	UDP
	1989	Michael Espat	PUP
	1993	Joseph Cayetano	UDP
	1998	Michael Espat	PUP
	2008	Eden Martinez	UDP
	2012	Michael Espat	PUP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2012 general election [3] Electorate: 6,640 Turnout: 4,835 (72.82%) −3.62		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 340 (7.03%) −10.31		Michael Espat	PUP	2,417	49.99	+12.83
				Eden Martinez	UDP	2,077	42.96	−11.54
				Wil Maheia	PNP	282	5.83	−0.95
2008 general election [4] Electorate: 5,773 Turnout: 4.413 (76.44%) −1.45		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 765 (17.34%) +11.72		Eden Martinez	UDP	2,405	54.50	+7,89
				Michael Espat	PUP	1,640	37.16	−15.07
				Wil Maheia	PNP	299	6.78	-
				Herman Marion Lewis	Independent	35	0.79	-
2003 general election [5] Electorate: 4,269 Turnout: 3,325 (77.89%) −9.18		PUP hold Majority: 189 (5.62%) −11.49		Michael Espat	PUP	1,757	52.23	−5.49
				Eden Martinez	UDP	1,568	46.61	+6.0
1998 general election [6] Electorate: 4,533 Turnout: 3,947 (87.07%) +9.18		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 675 (17.11%) +16.91		Michael Espat	PUP	2,278	57.72	+7.82
				Ryan Kenneth Pennell	UDP	1,603	40.61	−9.49
				Maximiliano Requena	NABR	30	0.76	-
1993 general election [7][8] Electorate: 4,135 Turnout: 3,100 (74.97%) +1.07		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 4 (0.2%) −5.0		Joseph Cayetano	UDP	1,552	50.1	+3.3
				Michael Espat	PUP	1,548	49.9	−2.1
1989 general election [9][10] Electorate: 3,375 Turnout: 2,494 (73.9%) +0.5		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 130 (5.2%) −18.0		Michael Espat	PUP	1,298	52.0	+8.7
				Charles Wagner	UDP	1,168	46.8	−19.7
1984 general election [11][12] Electorate: 2,293 Turnout: 1,683 (73.4%) n/a		UDP win Majority: 199 (23.2%) n/a		Charles Wagner	UDP	927	66.5	-
				Liegh Usher	PUP	728	43.3	-

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 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)