Neither has won broad support in the Council.
Democrats handily won the five other at-large seats as well as the 10 district seats in the Council.
Benítez won a vote of confidence in the Council on Higher Education by one vote.
But the Council members also said the leadership could have difficulty winning enough support in the full Council.
He won a seat in the Legislative Council in the 2004 election.
Candidates associated with religion-based political societies won 32 of the 40 seats in the Council of Representatives.
The result was a hung parliament, as no party won more than two seats in the seven-seat Legislative Council.
However, in 1924 elections they won only one seat in the Assembly and two in the Council.
On this issue, the industry lobby unfortunately won, both in the Council and in Parliament.
Moreover, Commissioner, the idea did not win majority support in the Council.