Caribbean Shores

Caribbean Shores
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Belize
Electorate	5,117 (2012)
Major settlements	Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	United Democratic Party
Area Representative	Santino Castillo

Caribbean Shores is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2012 by Santino "Santi" Castillo of the United Democratic Party.

Profile

The Caribbean Shores constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. Caribbean Shores occupies the north end of the peninsula Belize City sits on, bordered by the Freetown and Fort George constituencies to the south. The constituency has an extensive shoreline on the Caribbean Sea, hence its name.^[1]

Former Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel represented Caribbean Shores from 1984 to 1998.

Area Representatives

Election		Area Representative[2]	Party
	1984	Manuel Esquivel	UDP
	1998	Jose Coye	PUP
	2008	Carlos Perdomo	UDP
	2012	Santino Castillo	UDP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2012 general election [3] Electorate: 5,117 Turnout: 3,363 (65.72%) −7.77		UDP hold Majority: 676 (20.1%) −11.53		Santino Castillo	UDP	2,001	59.5	−5.94
				David Hoy	PUP	1,325	39.4	+5.59
2008 general election [4] Electorate: 4,564 Turnout: 3,354 (73.49%) −1.61		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 1,061 (31.63%) +26.28		Carlos Perdomo	UDP	2,195	65.44	+18.51
				Jose Coye	PUP	1,134	33.81	−18.47
2003 general election [5] Electorate: 4,022 Turnout: 3,021 (75.1%) −14.86		PUP hold Majority: 163 (5.35%) −6.69		Jose Coye	PUP	1,592	52.28	−3.34
				Oscar Ayuso	UDP	1,429	46.93	+3.35
1998 general election [6] Electorate: 3,058 Turnout: 2,751 (89.96%) +23.57		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 331 (12.04%) +10.44		Jose Coye	PUP	1,530	55.62	+6.42
				Manuel Esquivel	UDP	1,199	43.58	−7.22
				Marilyn Pollard	PDP	15	0.55	-
1993 general election [7][8] Electorate: 3,901 Turnout: 2,590 (66.39%) +3.6		UDP hold Majority: 40 (1.6%) −8.8		Manuel Esquivel	UDP	1,315	50.8	−4.0
				Jose Coye	PUP	1,275	49.2	+4.8
1989 general election [9][10] Electorate: 2,779 Turnout: 1,745 (62.79%) −5.5		UDP hold Majority: 182 (10.4%) −22.4		Manuel Esquivel	UDP	957	54.8	−11.2
				Louis Humbhreys	PUP	775	44.4	+11.2
1984 general election [11][12] Electorate: 2,211 Turnout: 1,510 (68.29%) n/a		UDP win Majority: 476 (32.8%) n/a		Manuel Esquivel	UDP	977	66.0	-
				Louis Humbhreys	PUP	501	33.2	-
				E. Meighan	Independent	2	0.1	-

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)