Cayo West

Cayo West is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2025 by Mugiel Gurrea of United Democratic Party (UDP ).

Cayo West
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Cayo
Electorate	6,351 (2012)
Major settlements	Benque Viejo del Carmen, San Jose Succotz
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	United Democratic Party
Area Representative	Muigel Gurrea

Profile

The Cayo West constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. Cayo West consists of an area in west-central Cayo District abutting the Guatemalan border. The border town of Benque Viejo del Carmen is the constituency's main settlement.^[1]

Area representatives

Election		Area representative[2]	Party
	1984	Pedro Guerra Mena	UDP
	1989	Miguel Ruiz	PUP
	1993	Amin Hegar	PUP
	1998	Erwin Contreras	UDP
	2003	Erwin Contreras	UDP
	2008	Erwin Contreras	PUP
	2012	Erwin Contreras	UDP
	2015	Erwin Contreras	UDP
	2020	Jorge Espat	PUP
	2025	Miguel Guerra	UDP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2025 general election[3] Electorate: 7,674 Turnout: 5,115 (66.65%) −15.95		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 326 (4.29 6.38%) +2.09		Miguel Guerra	UDP	2,612	51.07	+3.86
				Jorge Espat	PUP	2,286	44.69	−6.81
				Esduit Ariel Moralez	Belizeans Justice Movement	66	1.29	-
2020 general election[4] Electorate: 6,465 Turnout: 5,340 (82.60%) +6.48		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 225 (4.29%) -19.57		Jorge Espat	PUP	2,703	51.50	+14.21
				Erwin Contreras	UDP	2,478	47.21	−13.94
				Eduardo Raul Ayala	Belize People's Front	68	1.29	-
2015 general election[5] Electorate: 7,068 Turnout: 5,380 (76.12%) −1.00		UDP hold Majority: 1,284 (23.86%) -3.37		Erwin Contreras	UDP	3,290	61.15	-1.71
				Lesbia Lissette Guerra	PUP	2,006	37.29	+1.66
2012 general election[6] Electorate: 6,351 Turnout: 4,898 (77.12%) −3.44		UDP hold Majority: 1,334 (27.23%) +2.51		Erwin Contreras	UDP	3,079	62.86	+1.66
				Oscar Sabido	PUP	1,745	35.63	−0.85
2008 general election[7] Electorate: 5,621 Turnout: 4,528 (80.56%) −5.74		UDP hold Majority: 1,119 (24.72%) +15.26		Erwin Contreras	UDP	2,771	61.2	+6.94
				Kendall Mendez	PUP	1,652	36.48	−8.32
				Marta Aguallo Hendrix	VIP	40	0.88	-
2003 general election[8] Electorate: 4,656 Turnout: 4,018 (86.3%) −8.01		UDP hold Majority: 380 (9.46%) +9.13		Erwin Contreras	UDP	2,180	54.26	+4.66
				Kendall Mendez	PUP	1,800	44.8	−4.47
1998 general election[9] Electorate: 3,286 Turnout: 3,099 (94.31%) +15.68		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 10 (0.33%) −10.67		Erwin Contreras	UDP	1,537	49.6	+5.1
				Amin Hegar	PUP	1,527	49.27	−6.23
1993 general election[10][11] Electorate: 3,168 Turnout: 2,491 (78.63%) −0.54		PUP hold Majority: 273 (11.0%) +5.8		Amin Hegar	PUP	1,382	55.5	+4.1
				Guillermo Valdez	UDP	1,109	44.5	−1.7
1989 general election[12][13] Electorate: 2,539 Turnout: 2,010 (79.17%) −1.83		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 104 (5.2%) −6.8		Miguel Ruiz	PUP	1,033	51.4	+8.7
				Carlos Leon	UDP	929	46.2	−8.5
1984 general election[14][15] Electorate: 2,042 Turnout: 1,654 (81.0%) n/a		UDP win Majority: 198 (12.0%) n/a		Pedro Guerra Mena	UDP	904	54.7	-
				Mac Alamilla	PUP	706	42.7	-