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SAN IGNACIO/SANTA ELENA — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Belize · SAN IGNACIO/SANTA ELENA · municipal · Municipal councilBZ-SANIGNACIOSANTAELENA-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
SAN IGNACIO/SANTA ELENA
Next election
2027-03
Linked upcoming event
next-4c68d4c8e3cdfd7f71be1a7a
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

  • UDPunknown
  • PUPunknown
  • Independent — ESCOBAR Juan " John"unknown
Results for event-a22f419d7bfdc3c7c8da280c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UDPbelize/S7ed2837390/202423,532Unknown5Recorded
PUPbelize/S7ed2837390/202421,937Unknown1Recorded
Independent — ESCOBAR Juan " John"belize/S7ed2837390/202492Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-03-03

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PUPunknown
  • UDPunknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — ESCOBAR Johnunknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — GONZALEZ Linda L.unknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — EVANS Raymondunknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — VANEGAS Timoteounknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — EVANS Eldon "Dealer"unknown
  • Affiliation unresolved — VANEGAS J.unknown
Results for event-7cd6d72743076e754c611473
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PUPbelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/202121,302Unknown5Recorded
UDPbelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/202119,147Unknown1Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — ESCOBAR Johnbelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/2021103Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — GONZALEZ Linda L.belize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/202192Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — EVANS Raymondbelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/202164Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — VANEGAS Timoteobelize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/202163Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — EVANS Eldon "Dealer"belize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/202153Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded
Affiliation unresolved — VANEGAS J.belize/Sfd5f2a8f1e/202151Unknown0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2018-03-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • UDPunknown
  • PUPunknown
Results for event-8c758568de1741100550b453
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UDPbelize/Se64320b4f1/201826,985Unknown6Recorded
PUPbelize/Se64320b4f1/201818,242Unknown0 (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. “SAN IGNACIO/SANTA ELENA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/BZ-SANIGNACIOSANTAELENA-C. Sources: belize--url-3cccb258c266c7131cad5166, belize--url-84c7a4ac059a32c81fb0d365, belize--url-f6c60267a456f610928603d4, belize--S7ed2837390, belize--Sfd5f2a8f1e, belize--Se64320b4f1.