And so those are the winners: 61 for the PUP and 6 for the UDP.
Last night on 7news you heard UDP Leader Shyne Barrow's take on the election outcome - but what about the winning party leader, John Briceno?
The prime minister told us today that the results will surely help his party to identify what areas they need to improve in for the general elections:
Prime Minister, John Briceno
"I was quite optimistic. I was out campaigning all over the country and I was feeling, you know you have a sixth sense even after a while and I felt that we were going to win and that we were going to do well. What I did not expect was to did so well that the margin's increased its almost unprecedented to hear that after four years in government that your poll rating usually 99/100 are stating to go down but in this case we improved the approval ratings from the people because we won by an even bigger margin than what we did in 2020 and 2021 and I was humbled by that but at the same time it comes as a great responsibility because it means that the people are going to expect even more work from us and it's something that we take seriously and we are expected to continue to work and to be able to deliver to the Belizean people."
