{"iso":"BZ","name":"Belize","flag":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddff","vote":"House of Representatives \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2025-03-12","source":"2025 general election result, official count","credit":"General election results as published by the Elections and Boundaries Department, official count","shares":{"PUP":67.9,"UDPB":18.9,"UDPP":10.6,"IND":1.5,"OTH":1.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"PUP":{"name":"People's United Party","color":"#003F87"},"UDPB":{"name":"United Democratic Party (Barrow faction)","color":"#CE1126","name_en":"United Democratic Party, Barrow faction"},"UDPP":{"name":"United Democratic Party (Panton faction)","color":"#8B0E1B","name_en":"United Democratic Party, Panton faction"},"IND":{"name":"Independents","color":"#DCDCDC"},"OTH":{"name":"Others","color":"#999999"}},"primer":{"system":"Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy (Commonwealth realm)","head_of_state":"King Charles III, represented by Governor-General Dame Froyla Tzalam","legislature":"Bicameral National Assembly \u00b7 a 31-seat elected House of Representatives and an appointed Senate","electoral_system":"Members of the House of Representatives are elected by first past the post in single-member constituencies.","government_now":"Prime Minister Johnny Brice\u00f1o's People's United Party won 26 of 31 seats at the March 2025 election against an opposition split into rival UDP factions.","context":"Free and competitive two-party elections have produced regular alternation of power. Guatemala's long-standing territorial claim to much of Belize is pending before the International Court of Justice.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders and official election results \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"PUP":["People's United Party","","Centre-left, social-democratic party; governs under PM Johnny Brice\u00f1o after winning 26 of 31 seats in 2025."],"UDPB":["United Democratic Party (Barrow faction)","","Faction of the centre-right United Democratic Party led by Moses 'Shyne' Barrow; part of the divided opposition."],"UDPP":["United Democratic Party (Panton faction)","","Faction of the centre-right UDP led by Tracy Panton, who serves as Leader of the Opposition."],"IND":["Independents","","Candidates without a party affiliation."],"OTH":["Others","","Minor parties and other candidates."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2025 election","total":31,"seats":{"PUP":26,"UDPP":3,"UDPB":2,"IND":0,"OTH":0}},"region_winners":{"Corozal":"PUP","Orange Walk":"PUP","Belize":"PUP","Cayo":"PUP","Stann Creek":"PUP","Toledo":"PUP"},"region_meta":{"election":"2025 Belizean general election (12 March 2025)","source":"Elections and Boundaries Department, official results as published","note":"All six districts are shaded for the People's United Party, which took a large majority of the vote in every district in a landslide that returned 26 of 31 seats. The United Democratic Party won five individual seats (Queen's Square, Mesopotamia and Albert in Belize district, plus Corozal North and Cayo West) but did not lead any district overall."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2030","title":"Belizean general election","chamber":"House of Representatives","type":"expected"}}