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United Democratic Party |local_council_label = |local_council = |next = |previous = }} Cayo North is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2015 by Omar Figueroa of the United Democratic Party. ==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 as well as the villages of Bullet Tree Falls and Paslow Falls.〔(Cayo North ), Elections and Boundaries Department, Government of Belize.〕 Joseph Mahmud of the People's United Party, 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" ), ''The San Pedro Sun'', 25 November 2014. (accessed 26 November 2014)〕 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).〔〔(Result of By-election 2003 ), Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (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 )], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (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" ), ''The San Pedro Sun'', 6 January 2015. (accessed 6 January 2015)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cayo North」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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