2021 Belizean municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Belize on 3 March 2021. Voters elected a total 67 representatives. This includes a mayor in each of the nine communities, 42 town councils and 16 city councillors (ten in Belize City and six in Belmopan). This election saw another historic consecutive landslide victory for the People's United Party which won all 9 municipalities and 65 of the 67 municipal seats with the United Democratic Party (UDP) losing 38 municipal seats and only managing to hold on to two. This election took place a few months after the PUP's historic 2020 Belizean general election victory.

2021 Belizean local elections
3 March 2021
All 9 Municipalities
 
Leader Johnny Briceño Patrick Faber
Party PUP UDP
Leader since 31 January 2016 12 July 2020
Last election 26 municipal seats
3 municipalities		 41 municipal seats
6 municipalities
Swing
Municipalities
9 / 9
0 / 9
Municipal Corporations +/– 6 6
Municipal seats
65 / 67
2 / 67
Municipal seats +/– 38 38
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In 2018, the UDP won 41 seats, with the PUP picking up the remaining 26. The PUP gained complete council control of Belize City and Corozal Town, picked up a council seat in Dangriga, and regained complete control of the Orange Walk Town council.

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