People's United Party The ruling
PUP sought to form the next government after having won a landslide 26 seats in 2020. Incumbent Prime Minister
Johnny Briceño of
Orange Walk Central lead the PUP into his second election as party leader. The PUP had won 65 out of 67 municipal seats in the
2021 municipal elections and defended 61 of them in
2024. The PUP was also victorious in the two parliamentary by-elections that took place following the 2020 election.
Elvia Vega-Samos successfully held
Corozal Bay in the 3 March 2021 by-election following the death of her brother, David Vega, from COVID-19. Osmond Martinez also held
Toledo East in the 17 July 2024 by-election following the death of Michael Espat. For the first time in Belize's history, two of the PUP's candidates, Anthony Mahler of
Pickstock and Henry Charles Usher of
Fort George, were automatically declared the winner of their respective divisions due to the lack of challengers on Nominations Day.
United Democratic Party Following a landslide loss in 2020, the
UDP faced turbulent circumstances in opposition. The UDP held on to only two municipal seats in the 2021 municipal elections while also losing the Corozal Bay by-election on the same day. Party Leader
Patrick Faber of
Collet was temporarily stripped of his role as
Leader of the Opposition and replaced with
Moses "Shyne" Barrow of
Mesopotamia after a video of what appeared to be Faber involved in a domestic dispute surfaced online. Faber was reinstated as Leader of the Opposition after a recall convention failed to meet the necessary two-thirds majority to remove him from his post. However, in January 2022, Faber's fiancée alleged to the police that Faber had assaulted her at his home. The charges were withdrawn two days later, but several members of the UDP including the party chairman called on Faber to resign his post as party leader. Faber resigned on 24 January. The UDP held a leadership convention to elect a new leader on 27 March 2022. Moses "Shyne" Barrow and
Tracy Panton of
Albert both ran for the position with Barrow emerging victorious by three votes. Turmoil persisted within the UDP following Barrow's election as party leader. Barrow was criticized internally for the UDP's poor showing in both the 2024 municipal elections where they only won six municipal seats and the Toledo East by-election. Following Barrow's decision to remove the standard bearers of the
Port Loyola and
Caribbean Shores divisions, several UDP standard bearers led a recall petition to oust Barrow from his position. Despite claiming to have collected the necessary signatures, UDP chairman
Michael Peyrefitte denied the recall petition. UDP members opposed to Barrow declared Panton to be the interim leader of the party following a convention in October 2024. While Barrow remained Leader of the Opposition, the UDP was essentially splintered going into the election with both Barrow and Panton claiming to be the true leader of the UDP. A total of 41 candidates were nominated under the UDP banner on Nominations Day running for only 27 out of the 31 divisions. Twenty-five candidates were nominated by Barrow, and fifteen candidates were nominated by Panton. The remaining candidate,
Anthony "Boots" Martinez in
Port Loyola, did not align with either faction. All candidates running under the UDP were denoted with the colour red on the ballot.
Other parties The Belize Justice Movement launched in late 2023 and ran on a
platform of social justice with seven candidates. Vega-Samos chose to run as an independent. Barrow also offered to support her candidacy. In
Dangriga, no UDP candidate was nominated in the division, leaving independent candidate Cyril "Uruwei" Garcia as the lone challenger to incumbent representative Louis Zabaneh. Mateo Tomas Polanco ran for
Stann Creek West, while Orlando Muschamp ran for Toledo East. ==Results==