Cayo North is an electoral constituency in the

Cayo District Cayo District is a district located in the west part of Belize. It is the most extensive, second-most populous and third-most densely populated of the six districts of Belize. The district's capital is the town of San Ignacio. Geography Bein ...

represented in the

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of the

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by Michel Chebat of the People’s United Party (PUP).

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.Belize election maps
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 25 November 2014. It includes the southern part of

San Ignacio San Ignacio (the Spanish language name of St. Ignatius (disambiguation), St. Ignatius) is a common toponym in parts of the world where that language is or was spoken: Argentina * San Ignacio, Argentina, Misiones Province * San Ignacio Miní, a ...

as well as the villages of Bullet Tree Falls and Paslow Falls.Cayo North
Elections and Boundaries Department, Government of Belize.

Joseph Mahmud Joseph Mahmud is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party (PUP). He was elected March 2012 as Area Representative for the Cayo North constituency in the Cayo District Cayo District is a district located in the west par ...

of the

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, who was elected in the 2012 election, unexpectedly resigned in November 2014."Parliamentarian Resigns; Bi-election to be held in Cayo North on January 5th"
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'', 25 November 2014. (accessed 26 November 2014) A

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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

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(January 1993) and

Cayo South Cayo South is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2012 by Julius Espat of the People's United Party. Profile The Cayo South constituency was create ...

(October 2003).Result of By-election 2003
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. (accessed 26 November 2014) 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.REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT CHAPTER 9 NOTICE THAT A POLL WILL BE TAKEN The Electoral Division of CAYO NORTH

. (accessed 19 December 2014) Figueroa won the by-election by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, increasing the UDP's overall majority in the Belize House."Dr Omar Figueroa elected as new Area Rep for Cayo North"
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Area Representatives

Elections

References

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