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Partial researchResearch snapshot 2026-09-13. Evidence gaps remain; see Coverage for requirements.

Office briefing

BENQUE VIEJO DEL CARMEN — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Belize · BENQUE VIEJO DEL CARMEN · municipal · Municipal councilBZ-BENQUEVIEJODELCARMEN-C

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Council marks cannot be used as ordinary vote shares. Mayor and council have separate histories.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
BENQUE VIEJO DEL CARMEN
Next election
2027-03
Linked upcoming event
next-e8b1573d777aa4795eb1064c
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2027-03 is expected (not formally called). Month precision — no calendar day supplied. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2024-03-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PUPunknown
  • UDPunknown
Results for event-ec4d85a4001fb6ba78ce7940
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PUPbelize/Sf57842c247/20249,116Unknown6Recorded
UDPbelize/Sf57842c247/20246,364Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-03-03

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PUPunknown
  • UDPunknown
Results for event-dd953cc6213cd06cc4366d29
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PUPbelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/20217,782Unknown6Recorded
UDPbelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/20216,467Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2018-03-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • UDPunknown
  • PUPunknown
Results for event-7f99a291bc959c510e7c6e12
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UDPbelize/S31a478eea5/201812,195Unknown6Recorded
PUPbelize/S31a478eea5/20186,892Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Withheld

Unknown0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · Council marks cannot be used as ordinary vote shares. Mayor and council have separate histories.

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=null, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=null

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). PUP, UDP and Other (minor parties and unresolved/independent affiliations). An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Latest interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PUP","UDP","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[null,null,null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). PUP, UDP and Other (minor parties and unresolved/independent affiliations). An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Previous interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PUP","UDP","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[null,null,null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). PUP, UDP and Other (minor parties and unresolved/independent affiliations). An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Both intervals mean · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PUP","UDP","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[null,null,null]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

No officeholder observation supplied.

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

No open research issues attached to this office.

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “BENQUE VIEJO DEL CARMEN — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/BZ-BENQUEVIEJODELCARMEN-C. Sources: belize--url-bb283a9f18de00959db598bd, belize--url-84c7a4ac059a32c81fb0d365, belize--url-28961da4372b7c09dbd8cfb9, belize--Sf57842c247, belize--Sfd5f2a8f1e, belize--S31a478eea5.