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DANGRIGA — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Belize · DANGRIGA · municipal · Municipal councilBZ-DANGRIGA-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
DANGRIGA
Next election
2027-03
Linked upcoming event
next-61452fa1d8df80f67eb4a261
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-b131ffccc4dd5a760db343dc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PUPbelize/S22912603a4/20248,959Unknown6Recorded
UDPbelize/S22912603a4/20245,978Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-03-03

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PUPunknown
  • UDPunknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — SAMPSON Dwayne "Dince"unknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — LAURIE Stephen Gregoryunknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — MARIN Francis Xavierunknown
Results for event-cbde178fdf0982d0a2a0fb5b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PUPbelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/20217,831Unknown6Recorded
UDPbelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/20215,432Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — SAMPSON Dwayne "Dince"belize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/2021512Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — LAURIE Stephen Gregorybelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/2021433Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — MARIN Francis Xavierbelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/2021106Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2018-03-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • UDPunknown
  • PUPunknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — FRANCISCO Winston "Wing Wing"unknown
Results for event-7438d9a1886327081809bc84
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UDPbelize/Sce63fca8da/20189,715Unknown5Recorded
PUPbelize/Sce63fca8da/20188,673Unknown1Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — FRANCISCO Winston "Wing Wing"belize/Sce63fca8da/201854Unknown0 (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. “DANGRIGA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/BZ-DANGRIGA-C. Sources: belize--url-af3dffce570475aae231e1c5, belize--url-84c7a4ac059a32c81fb0d365, belize--url-0d31cabdd855f7310335b7e6, belize--S22912603a4, belize--Sfd5f2a8f1e, belize--Sce63fca8da.