section_path: Candidates/Independents
section_name: Independents
paragraph_text: Independents
  
  A total of four independent candidates ran in various divisions across the country. In Corozal Bay, Elvia Vega-Samos, who was elected in the 2021 by-election, was defeated by Thea Garcia-Ramirez in the PUP nomination convention for that division. 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.