2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg
  2015 10 August 2020 2025  

All 41 seats in the House of Representatives
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout58.08% (Decrease2.svg 8.76 pp)
 First partySecond party
  KeithRowley.jpg Kamla Persad-Bissessar, 2023.jpg
Leader Keith Rowley Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Party PNM UNC
Last election51.68%, 23 seats39.61%, 17 seats
Seats won2219
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote322,180309,654
Percentage49.05%47.14%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.63 pp Increase2.svg 7.53 pp

Trinidad and Tobago 2020 General Election Results Map.svg
Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Keith Rowley
PNM

Subsequent Prime Minister

Keith Rowley
PNM

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 10 August 2020, [1] to elect 41 members to the 12th Trinidad and Tobago Republican Parliament. It was the 14th election since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 and the 22nd national election in Trinidad and Tobago. The result was a victory for the incumbent People's National Movement, which received 49.05% of the vote and won 22 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives. [2]

Contents

Background

President Paula-Mae Weekes, with the advice of Prime Minister Keith Rowley, dissolved Parliament and issued the writs for the election on 3 July 2020. [3]

The first-term incumbent People's National Movement (PNM), led by incumbent prime minister Keith Rowley, won 22 seats to form a second five-year term majority government by defeating the opposition United National Congress, led by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar [4] [5] [6] who finished with 19 seats. The results in six constituencies were subject to recounts, causing the final election results to be delayed by a week. [7] This is the first parliamentary election in Trinidad and Tobago where the result was not finalized the day after the election. [8]

Tracy Davidson-Celestine, political leader of the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement (PNM) became the first woman to lead a Tobagonian political party with representation in the House of Representatives. Additionally, two of the three largest parties elected in 2015, the United National Congress (UNC) and the Congress of the People (COP), were led by women. [9]

Voters elected the 41 members to the House of Representatives by first-past-the-post voting. Rowley and the new cabinet were sworn in on 19 August 2020. [10]

Electoral system

The 41 members of the House of Representatives are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. Registered voters must be 18 years and over, must reside in an electoral district/constituency for at least two months prior to the qualifying date, be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago or a Commonwealth citizen residing legally in Trinidad and Tobago for a period of at least one year. [11]

If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the Government, with its leader as Prime Minister. If the election results in no single party having a majority, then there is a hung parliament. In this case, the options for forming the Government are either a minority government or a coalition government. [12]

Parties and candidates

Political parties registered with the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) can contest the general election as a party. [13]

The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Representatives is the person who is called on by the president to form a government as prime minister, while the leader of the largest party or coalition not in government becomes the Leader of the Opposition. [12]

Prior to the election, the People's National Movement, led by Prime Minister Keith Rowley formed a majority government. The largest opposition party was the United National Congress, led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar. The Congress of the People was the sole other party in Parliament, represented by a single MP.

The People's National Movement and the United National Congress have been the two biggest parties, in addition to having supplied every prime minister since 1991. [14]

On 14 July 2020, the leader of the Patriotic Front, Mickela Panday, announced that her party will no longer be contesting the 2020 elections due to lack of time to prepare for the August 2020 polls. [15]

The following registered parties are contesting the general election, the People's National Movement is the only party fielding all 41 seats (39 in Trinidad and two in Tobago), 14 parties are contesting seats in Trinidad only and four parties are contesting seats in Tobago only. [16]

Campaign

Significant differences in the programs of the two major parties UNC and PNM cannot be identified. The UNC is traditionally more of an Indo-Trinidadian party, while Afro–Trinidadians and Tobagonians make up the majority of the PNM's base. In Trinidad, however, racial differences play a subordinate role, the dominant subject areas in the media are the stagnating economy and the high rate of violent crime; here both parties claim that they are better suited to combat them. [17] In the closing stages of the election campaign, Prime Minister Rowley and citizens accused the UNC of using racist motives in its advertising campaign. [18]

Some parties only represent regional positions. This applies in particular to the parties PDP and OTV, who are running exclusively in Tobago and advocate for regional interests of the island [19] and the MND, which advocates the interests of the Diego Martin region. [20]

The announcement by the opposition UNC that, in the event of an election victory, would build a “dome” over Trinidad to protect against illegal immigrants, made the election campaign relaxed. Before the UNC made it clear that it meant a radar screen, users of social media picked up the topic and indulged in humorous allusions to domes in films and television series. [21]

As for the Leader of the Opposition, former prime minister and political leader of the UNC Kamla Persad-Bissessar, her latest in a series of losses at the polls which commenced with the January 2013 Tobago House of Assembly election with the wipeout of her People's Partnership -led administration from the Tobago House of Assembly due to a landslide victory by the Tobago Council of the PNM, losses at the 2013 Trinidadian local elections, St. Joseph and Chaguanas West bye-elections, loss in the 2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election, and subsequent losses in local government bye-elections [22] [23] has placed pressure on her to offer her resignation before the 2020 United National Congress leadership election. [24] Additionally, she was threatened with death during the election campaign. [25]

The resignation of former deputy PNM chairwoman Nafeesa Mohammed on July 28, who accused the PNM leadership of arrogance, ignorance and incompetence, caused a media stir. [26] Minor parties and bodies called on the President to postpone the election in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was also rampant in Trinidad, but their requests were denied. [27] A UNC supporter was stabbed on the sidelines of a UNC election campaign on the Saturday before the election. [28]

Trinidad and Tobago

PartyFoundedPolitical position and ideologyLeader(s)Leader sinceLeader's seatLast electionAt dissolutionContested seats
% party voteSeats
Major party not part of any coalition
PNM 1955 Centre to centre-left
Liberalism, Social liberalism, Nationalism
Keith Rowley May 2010 Diego Martin West
51.69%
23 / 41(56%)
23 / 41(56%)
41 seats in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad only

PartyFoundedPolitical position and ideologyLeader(s)Leader sinceLeader's seatLast electionAt dissolutionContested seats
% party voteSeats
Major party not part of any coalition
UNC 1989 Centre-left
Social democracy, Civic nationalism
Kamla Persad-Bissessar January 2010 Siparia
39.60%
17 / 41(41%)
17 / 41(41%)
39 seats in Trinidad [29]
Better United Coalition
COP 2006 Centre-left
Reformism
Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan [30] November 2017None
6.02%
1 / 41(2%)
1 / 41(2%)
4 seats in Trinidad
DPTT 2002Steve Alvarez [31] April 2002None
0 / 41(0%)
1 seat in Trinidad
TTDF2019Nicholas Anthony Williams [32] August 2019 [33] NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
1 seat in Trinidad
Not part of any coalition
PEP 2017 Phillip Alexander [34] January 2017NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
28 seats in Trinidad
THC 2015Marcus Ramkissoon [35] July 2015None
0.02%
0 / 41(0%)
0 / 41(0%)
7 seats in Trinidad
NNV 1994 Social conservatism Fuad Abu Bakr [32] April 2010None
0.12%
0 / 41(0%)
0 / 41(0%)
6 seats in Trinidad
MSJ 2009 Left-wing
Socialism, Labourism, Direct democracy
David Abdulah [36] January 2012 [37] None
0 / 41(0%)
5 seats in Trinidad
MND 2019 Diego Martin regionalism Garvin Nicholas [20] September 2019NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
3 seats in Trinidad
NCT2013Nalini Dial [38] July 2013None
0.05%
0 / 41(0%)
0 / 41(0%)
2 seats in Trinidad
ILP 2013Rekha Ramjit [39] October 2015None
0.70%
0 / 41(0%)
0 / 41(0%)
1 seat in Trinidad
TNP2017Valmiki Ramsingh [40] July 2017NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
1 seat in Trinidad
UPP2018 Right-wing
Christian right, Social conservatism
Kenneth Munroe-Brown [41] December 2018NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
1 seat in Trinidad
Progressive 2019 Centre to centre-left
Progressivism, Decentralization, Localism
Nikoli Edwards [42] June 2019NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
1 seat in Trinidad
NOW2020Kirk Waithe [43] January 2020NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
1 seat in Trinidad

Tobago only

PartyFoundedPolitical position and ideologyLeader(s)Leader sinceLeader's seatLast electionAt dissolutionContested seats
% party voteSeats
Not part of any coalition
PDP 2016 Tobago regionalism Watson Duke [19] July 2016NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
2 seats in Tobago
OTV 2019 Tobago regionalism Hochoy Charles [19] October 2019NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
1 seat in Tobago
UTP2020 Tobago regionalism Nickocy Phillips [44] July 2020NoneNew party
0 / 41(0%)
1 seat in Tobago

Members of Parliament not standing for re-election

Retiring incumbentElectoral DistrictTerm in officeDate announced
Surujrattan Rambachan UNC Tabaquite 2010–202014 August 2019 [45]
Fuad Khan UNC Barataria/San Juan 1995–2007; 2010–20209 November 2019 [46]
Ganga Singh UNC Chaguanas West 1995–2007 (Caroni East); 2015–20208 March 2020 [47]
Maxie Cuffie PNM La Horquetta/Talparo 2015–202013 May 2020 [48]
Tim Gopeesingh UNC Caroni East 2007–20204 June 2020 [49]

Marginal seats

The following lists identify and rank seats by the margin by which the party's candidate finished behind the winning candidate in the 2015 election.

For information purposes only, seats that have changed hands through subsequent by elections have been noted. Seats whose members have changed party allegiance are ignored.

  = appears in two lists
Marginal seats by party (with winning parties and margins from the 2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election)
People's National Movement People's Partnership (UNC COP TOP)
Marginal
1 Moruga/Tableland 2.53%1 Barataria/San Juan 3.18%
2 St. Joseph 8.33%2 Chaguanas East 7.95%
3 La Horquetta/Talparo 15.56%3 Pointe-à-Pierre 8.39%
4 Tunapuna 19.13%4 Mayaro 14.05%
5 Toco/Sangre Grande 19.20%5 Cumuto/Manzanilla 15.95%
6 San Fernando West 19.39%6 Fyzabad 18.92%
7 Point Fortin 20.94%7 Caroni Central 26.11%
8 Lopinot/Bon Air West 28.10%8 Tabaquite 31.12%
9 La Brea 33.45%9 St. Augustine 33.57%
10 D'Abadie/O'Meara 34.20%10 Couva North 34.17%
11 San Fernando East 37.33%11 Princes Town 35.60%
12 Arima 40.12%12 Couva South 38.83%
13 Diego Martin North/East 41.40%13 Caroni East 44.79%
14 Diego Martin West 55.32%14 Oropouche West 48.70%
15 St. Ann's East 56.55%15 Siparia 51.60%
16 Diego Martin Central 59.77%16 Oropouche East 60.02%
17 Port of Spain South 60.81%17 Naparima 65.53%
18 Tobago East 60.88%18 Chaguanas West 76.14%
19 Port of Spain North/St. Ann's West 65.62%
20 Arouca/Maloney 63.10%
21 Tobago West 73.48%
22 Laventille East/Morvant 76.84%
23 Laventille West 81.07%
24 Tobago East 53.78%
25 Tobago West 67.24%
Safe
Source: Parliamentary Elections, 2015 Final Results – Candidates Vote Count [50]

Campaign slogans

PartySlogan
PNM "The right choice".[ citation needed ]
UNC "Now is the time." [51]
COP "Making the quantum leap".[ citation needed ]
DPTT "The way forward for Trinidad and Tobago." [52]
TTDF"People first." [33]
PEP "Time for real change".[ citation needed ]
THC "Good governance is at your fingertips".[ citation needed ]
NNV "Believe in better".[ citation needed ]
MSJ "Create a balance." [36]
MND "We are from Diego Martin, for Diego Martin".[ citation needed ]
NCT"Think before you ink." [38]
ILP "Performance, Representation, Action".[ citation needed ]
TNP"Change not exchange!" [40]
UPP
Progressive "Progressive 2020. The new normal".[ citation needed ]
  • Progressive Party - De Guiding Flame (2020) [53]
NOW"Time is now." [54]
PDP "People before politics".[ citation needed ]
OTV “Tobago must play as a team or lose by the fault.” [19]
UTP

Opinion polls

Opinion research in the run-up to the election was carried out by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) and the management consultancy HHB Associates, among others. A NACTA poll shortly after the election date was announced, found that, as in most previous elections, only PNM and UNC would play a role. [55] An HHB poll published July 25 in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian found the ruling PNM at 53% and the UNC at 44%. [56] A NACTA poll from July 25, however, saw the UNC one percentage point ahead. [57] At this point in time, the tendency, known from previous elections, was that Trinidadians with African roots tend to choose the PNM and Trinidadians with Indian roots rather the UNC.

Graphical summary

Seat projections

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample size PNM UNC COP OtherLegislative majority
10 Aug 20202020 general election2219003
3 Jul 2020Prime Minister Keith Rowley announces that the election will take place on 10 August 2020 and parliament is dissolved.
1 Jun 2020COVID-19 lockdown ends
6 May 2020 Ancil Dennis becomes Chief Secretary of Tobago [58] [59]
14 Apr 2020 COP, PPM, ⁠DPTT and ⁠TTDF agree to form a coalition.[ citation needed ]
30 Mar 2020Trinidad and Tobago commences a nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic
12 Mar 2020The first case of COVID-19 is confirmed in Trinidad and Tobago, pre-campaigning partially suspended on 13 March [60] [61]
26 Jan 2020 2020 Tobago Council of the PNM election; Tracy Davidson-Celestine is elected leader
2 Dec 2019 PNM wins more districts, ties in number of corporations won to the UNC in the 2019 Trinidadian local elections
1 Oct 2019The 2019 budget is delivered
Aug 2019NACTA/Newday [62] 2318005
Apr 2019NACTA/Newsday [63] 26150011
Mar 2019NACTA/Newsday [64] 5402516009
1 Oct 2018The 2018 budget is delivered
Sep 2018NACTA/Newsday [65] 2318005
16 July 2018Barataria and Belmont East Local Government By-Elections
19 Jan 2018 2018 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election; Paula-Mae Weekes is elected president
19 Nov 2017Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan is elected leader of the COP [30] [66] [67] [68]
23 Jan 2017The Tobago Council of the PNM wins the 2017 Tobago House of Assembly election; Kelvin Charles becomes Chief Secretary of Tobago
7 Oct 2017The 2017 budget is delivered
28 Nov 2016 PNM wins the 2016 Trinidadian local elections
30 Sep 2016The 2016 budget is delivered
10 Jul 2016Anirudh Mahabir is elected leader of the COP [69] [70]
3 Jul 2016Kelvin Charles is elected leader of the Tobago Council of the PNM [71]
15 Dec 2015The People's Partnership splits up [72]
7 Dec 2015 PNM wins the Auzonville/Tunapuna and Malabar South Local Government By-Elections
28 Sep 2015The 2015 budget is delivered
9 Sep 2015 Keith Rowley is sworn in as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
7 Sep 2015 2015 general election 2317105

Individual polls

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample size PNM UNC PDPPEPCOPOtherLead
10 Aug 20202020 general election49.147.11.60.90.11.31.99
July 24–31, 2020SBS/Express [73] 47343381115
July 25, 2020NACTA/Newsday [74] 44451
July 2020H.H.B. & Associates/Guardian Media [75] 6003529026
7 Sep 2015 2015 general election 51.739.66.03.712.1

Regional and subnational polls

Tobago East

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample size PNM PDPOtherLead
10 Aug 20202020 general election54.3544.740.919.61
July 2020NACTA/Newsday [76] (380)4742115
7 Sep 2015 2015 general election 69.4830.5253.78

Tobago West

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample size PNM PDPOtherLead
10 Aug 20202020 general election66.8132.420.7734.39
July 2020NACTA/Newsday [76] (380)4840129
7 Sep 2015 2015 general election 79.2020.867.24

Moruga/Tableland

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample size PNM UNC OtherLead
10 Aug 20202020 general election35.9252.3411.7416.42
July 25, 2020H.H.B. & Associates/Guardian Media [77] 20034234311
7 Sep 2015 2015 general election 51.1548.620.232.53

St. Joseph

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample size PNM UNC OtherLead
10 Aug 20202020 general election51.4246.961.624.46
July 25, 2020H.H.B. & Associates/Guardian Media [77] 2004031299
7 Sep 2015 2015 general election 53.7745.440.798.33

San Fernando West

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample size PNM UNC OtherLead
10 Aug 20202020 general election54.5142.872.6211.64
July 25, 2020H.H.B. & Associates/Guardian Media [78] 49292220
7 Sep 2015 2015 general election 59.2439.850.9119.39

Tunapuna

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample size PNM UNC OtherLead
10 Aug 20202020 general election54.6343.511.8611.12
July 25, 2020H.H.B. & Associates/Guardian Media [79] 39233816
7 Sep 2015 2015 general election 59.4240.290.2919.13

Toco/Sangre Grande

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample size PNM UNC OtherLead
10 Aug 20202020 general election58.6640.101.2418.23
July 25, 2020H.H.B. & Associates/Guardian Media [80] 32194913
7 Sep 2015 2015 general election 59.0439.840.9119.20

Satisfaction

Date [nb 1] FirmInterview ModeSample size KeithRowley.jpg Kamla Persad-Bissesar 2013.jpg
Rowley

(PNM)

Persad-Bissessar

(UNC)

SatisfiedDissatisfiedNever heard ofSatisfiedDissatisfiedNever heard of
July 2020H.H.B. & Associates/Guardian Media [81] Face-to-face60057%43%0%53%44%3%
31 May 2020NACTA/Newsday [82] n/an/a53%n/an/an/an/an/a
March 2020NACTA/Newsday [82] n/an/a46%n/an/a55%n/an/a
1–7 September 2019SBS/Express [83] Telephonen/a50%38%n/an/an/an/a
8 March 2019NACTA/Newsday [64] Face-to-face54040%47%n/a42%44%n/a
24 September 2017NACTA/Newsday [84] Face-to-face39040%n/an/a42%n/an/a
1–3 September 2017H.H.B. & Associates/Guardian Media [85] Telephone30132%n/an/a43%38%n/a
July 2017NACTA/Newsday [84] Face-to-face41041%n/an/a43%n/an/a
June 2017NACTA/Newsday [84] Face-to-face38042%n/an/a43%n/an/a
30 August – 5 September 2016SBS/Express[ citation needed ]Telephone60151%n/an/an/an/an/a
^ Remainder were "undecided".

Preferred prime minister

Date [nb 1] FirmInterview ModeSample size KeithRowley.jpg Kamla Persad-Bissesar 2013.jpg Lead
Rowley

(PNM)

Persad-Bissessar

(UNC)

July 2020H.H.B. & Associates [81] Face-to-face60039%34%5%
March 2020NACTA [82] n/an/a43%45%2%
^ Remainder were "undecided".

Government direction

Date [nb 1] Polling organisationInterview ModeSample sizeRight directionWrong directionLead
4 August 2020SBS/Express [73] Telephone47347416
24 September 2017NACTA [84] Face-to-face390n/a89n/a
1–3 September 2017H.H.B. & Associates [85] Telephone301n/a83n/a
July 2017NACTA [84] Face-to-face410n/a85n/a
June 2017NACTA [84] Face-to-face380n/a83n/a

Voter demographics

Voter demographic data for 2020 were collected by Solution by Simulation Ltd (SBS) for the Trinidad Express Newspapers completed by 473 likely voters in Trinidad and Tobago by phone and H.H.B. & Associates for the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian completed by 600 registered voters face-to-face suggested the following demographic breakdown:

2020 Trinidad & Tobago general election voter demographics (SBS) [73] [86] [87]
Social group %PNM %UNC % Lead
Total vote43385
Voter expectation (Better chance of winning)473512
Gender
Womenn/an/an/a
Age
18–3950428
40–6441356
65+45423
First time voter
Yesn/an/an/a
Employment
Employedn/an/an/a
Retireesn/an/an/a
Unemployedn/an/an/a
Race/ethnic group
African descent771364
East Indian descent107767
Mixed descent482325
Traditional election vote
PNM85976
UNC118271
Floating / 3rd Party30264
Country direction
Believes country is in right direction771166
Believes country is on wrong track97263
Likeliness of voting
Very Likely46397
Somewhat Likely22319
Issue regarded as most important
Coronavirus651847
Corruption314817
Crime365014
Economy265327
Performance-minded and issue-based voters
Performance-minded375013
Issue-based642737
Quality of representation over other concernsn/an/an/a
Public perception
Ability to build and maintain infrastructuren/an/a8
Ability to reduce crimen/an/an/a
COVID-19
More capable of handling the pandemicn/an/an/a
2020 Trinidad & Tobago general election voter demographics in Trinidad (H.H.B. & Associates) [88]
Social group %PNM %UNC %COP %Others% Lead
Total vote35.1029.100.401.606.00
Race/ethnic group
Afro-Trinidadian61.205.700.002.4055.50
Indo-Trinidadian7.3054.700.000.4047.40
Other / Mixed44.1018.901.802.7025.20
Top Three Issues
Utilities (Water, light, etc.)30344
Unemployment/Jobs35361
Youth training and development40n/an/a
Race/ethnic group %Keith Rowley %Kamla Persad-Bissessar %Other Person% Lead
Best Prime Minister
Afro-Trinidadian67.97.711.060.2
Indo-Trinidadian10.861.212.550.4
Other / Mixed45.026.19.018.9

Conduct

The organization of the election was subject to the state Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC). There were no election observers. Prime Minister Rowley revealed after the election that he had invited observers from CARICOM and the Commonwealth of Nations, but they were unable to pay for the 14-day quarantine required of foreign visitors. [89]

The polling stations closed at 18:00 on election day. [90]

Results

At 22:30 on Election Day, Prime Minister Keith Rowley declared his party the winner of the election with 22 seats. [91] UNC leader Persad-Bissessar declared wins in 19 seats, taking the Moruga/Tableland seat from the PNM and the St. Augustine seat from the COP. [92] She disagreed with Rowley's victory declaration and objected to the long delays at polling stations. [93]

In total, six seats won by the PNM were disputed: the UNC requested recounts for five constituencies in Trinidad (San Fernando West, St Joseph, Tunapuna, Toco-Sangre Grande and La Horquetta/Talparo), [94] while the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) requested a recount in Tobago East. [95] The EBC took one week to conduct the recounts, observing only minor changes from the preliminary vote counts: the largest change was an increase of 103 votes for the UNC in San Fernando West. The counts for the other districts differed by ten votes or fewer. [7] Rowley and the new PNM cabinet were then sworn in by President Paula-Mae Weekes on the following day, August 19. The ceremony was held at President's House. [10]

Trinite-et-Tobago Chambre des representants 2020.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's National Movement 322,18049.0522–1
United National Congress 309,65447.1419+2
Progressive Democratic Patriots 10,3681.580New
Progressive Empowerment Party 5,9300.900New
Independent Liberal Party 3,8170.5800
Movement for Social Justice 1,2230.190New
Movement for National Development1,0390.160New
COPDPTTTTDF 5240.080–1
New National Vision4960.0800
Trinidad Humanity Campaign3680.0600
National Organisation of We the People3100.050New
Progressive Party 2120.030New
National Coalition for Transformation1870.0300
One Tobago Voice 800.010New
Unrepresented Peoples Party740.010New
Unity of the People400.010New
The National Party230.000New
Independents3670.0600
Total656,892100.00410
Valid votes656,89299.73
Invalid/blank votes1,7850.27
Total votes658,677100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,134,13558.08
Source: EBCTT, IPU

Results by constituency

Electoral DistrictElectorateCandidatePartyVotes%
Arima 26,382 Pennelope Beckles-Robinson People's National Movement 9,29368.90
Flora Singh United National Congress 3,90528.95
Sharon Hernandez Progressive Empowerment Party 2121.57
Nalini DialNational Coalition for Transformation480.36
Rejected ballots300.22
Arouca/Maloney 26,673 Camille Robinson-Regis People's National Movement 12,69781.80
Cherry-Ann David United National Congress 2,76817.83
Rejected ballots570.37
Barataria/San Juan 25,690 Saddam Hosein United National Congress 8,30052.63
Jason 'JW' Williams People's National Movement 7,24045.91
Albertha Purdeen Progressive Empowerment Party 2041.29
Rejected ballots270.17
Caroni Central 30,107 Arnold Ram United National Congress 11,51161.63
Reyad Ali People's National Movement 6,89036.89
Lorena Lucien Progressive Empowerment Party 2451.31
Rejected ballots310.17
Caroni East 29,031 Rishad Seecheran United National Congress 12,81873.60
Sharon Archie People's National Movement 4,27124.52
Dave Babwah Progressive Empowerment Party 2961.70
Rejected ballots300.17
Chaguanas East 26,923 Vandana Mohit United National Congress 8,96852.37
Clarence Rambharat People's National Movement 7,88246.03
Robert Matthew Gibbs Progressive Empowerment Party 1410.82
Shiraz Khan Independent 790.46
Rejected ballots530.31
Chaguanas West 28,625 Dinesh Rambally United National Congress 15,83288.47
Rackeal Bissoon People's National Movement 1,87810.49
Rahman Ali New National Vision 1380.77
Rejected ballots480.27
Couva North 29,864 Ravi Ratiram United National Congress 12,63369.27
Sharda Satram People's National Movement 5,22228.63
Rohanie Debideen Progressive Empowerment Party 2591.42
Joel Ramdhanie Congress of the People 990.54
Rejected ballots250.14
Couva South 30,348 Rudranath Indarsingh United National Congress 12,59768.91
Rajendra Rampersad People's National Movement 5,54230.32
Linnell Doolan Trinidad Humanity Campaign 1060.58
Rejected ballots360.20
Cumuto/Manzanilla 30,468 Rai Ragbir United National Congress 10,90158.29
Ronney Lochan People's National Movement 7,55740.41
Anthony Henry Progressive Empowerment Party 1580.84
Christopher Mathura Trinidad Humanity Campaign 350.19
Rejected ballots510.27
D'Abadie/O'Meara 30,788 Lisa Morris-Julian People's National Movement 11,86466.49
Maurice Hoyte United National Congress 5,78332.41
Peter AmannNational Coalition for Transformation1390.78
Rejected ballots580.33
Diego Martin Central 29,609 Symon de Nobriga People's National Movement 10,62774.08
John Ricardo Laquis United National Congress 2,69218.76
Felicia Holder Progressive Empowerment Party 4042.82
Garvin Nicholas Movement for National Development 3742.61
Renee St Rose Movement for Social Justice 1200.84
Ashton Francis New National Vision 690.48
Rejected ballots600.42
Diego Martin North/East 29,273 Colm Imbert People's National Movement 10,21873.73
Eli Zakour United National Congress 2,82720.40
Phillip Edward Alexander Progressive Empowerment Party 4363.15
Myron Bruce Movement for National Development 2091.51
Lonsdale Williams Congress of the People 1330.96
Rejected ballots350.25
Diego Martin West 29,886 Keith Rowley People's National Movement 10,79177.37
Marsha Riley-Walker United National Congress 2,56918.42
Dexter Nicholls Movement for National Development 4563.27
Zafir David Trinidad Humanity Campaign 930.67
Rejected ballots390.28
Fyzabad 27,447 Lackram Bodoe United National Congress 10,85060.13
Solange De Souza People's National Movement 6,88838.17
Alice Narine Progressive Empowerment Party 1430.79
Radhaka Gualbance Movement for Social Justice 1270.70
Rejected ballots370.21
La Brea 26,008 Stephen McClashie People's National Movement 9,34260.00
Victor Roberts United National Congress 5,73536.83
Marlon Greaves Movement for Social Justice 2231.43
Rondoll Glasgow Progressive Empowerment Party 1290.83
Callum Marshall New National Vision 710.46
Rejected ballots710.46
La Horquetta/Talparo 27,528 Foster Cummings People's National Movement 9,71454.89
Jearlean John United National Congress 7,79344.03
Benet Thomas Progressive Empowerment Party 1450.82
Rejected ballots460.26
Laventille East/Morvant 26,644 Adrian Leonce People's National Movement 10,35682.40
Kareem Baird United National Congress 1,96515.63
Christopher Roberts Progressive Empowerment Party 1691.34
Umar Khan New National Vision 390.31
Rejected ballots390.31
Laventille West 25,585 Fitzgerald Hinds People's National Movement 9,31083.25
Rodney Stowe United National Congress 1,32411.84
Kirk WaitheNational Organisation of We the People3102.77
Natalia Moore Progressive Empowerment Party 1261.13
Kurt Sinnette Congress of the People 470.42
Sandra Emmanuel New National Vision 320.29
Rejected ballots340.30
Lopinot/Bon Air West 27,864 Marvin Gonzales People's National Movement 9,60855.95
Jack Warner Independent Liberal Party 3,81722.23
Prakash Williams United National Congress 3,58720.89
Dominique Lopez Progressive Empowerment Party 1230.72
Rejected ballots360.21
Mayaro 28,834 Rushton Paray United National Congress 10,59358.73
Bunny Mahabirsingh People's National Movement 7,22940.08
Sterling Lee Ha Progressive Empowerment Party 1330.74
Rejected ballots810.45
Moruga/Tableland 29,043 Michelle Benjamin United National Congress 10,53452.30
Winston 'Gypsy' Peters People's National Movement 9,46246.98
Steve Alvarez Democratic Party of Trinidad and Tobago 370.18
Thomas Sotillio Independent 250.12
Larry Sanchar Trinidad Humanity Campaign 130.06
Rejected ballots700.35
Naparima 27,066 Rodney Charles United National Congress 13,30682.92
Randy Sinanan People's National Movement 2,68616.74
Rejected ballots540.34
Oropouche East 28,271 Roodal Moonilal United National Congress 13,73779.84
Clifford Rambharose People's National Movement 3,41619.85
Rejected ballots520.30
Oropouche West 25,289 Davendranath Tancoo United National Congress 11,53574.26
Lea Ramoutar People's National Movement 3,70823.87
Sasha Ali Progressive Empowerment Party 2501.61
Rejected ballots410.26
Point Fortin 26,003 Kennedy Richards People's National Movement 9,27659.10
Taharqa Obika United National Congress 5,76136.70
Ernesto Kesar Movement for Social Justice 5453.47
Kenesha Ramsoondar Progressive Empowerment Party 580.37
Nicholas Anthony WilliamsTrinidad and Tobago Democratic Front200.13
Rejected ballots360.23
Pointe-à-Pierre 25,096 David Lee United National Congress 8,86953.38
Daniel Dookie People's National Movement 7,35744.28
David Abdulah Movement for Social Justice 2081.25
Marvyn Howard Progressive Empowerment Party 1440.87
Rejected ballots370.22
Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann's West 25,003 Stuart Young People's National Movement 9,47581.08
Darren Garner United National Congress 1,70514.59
Limma Mc Leod Progressive Empowerment Party 3853.29
Kenneth Munroe-BrownUnrepresented Peoples Party740.63
Rejected ballots470.40
Port-of-Spain South 24,754 Keith Scotland People's National Movement 8,19978.25
Curtis Orr United National Congress 1,85017.66
Gail Castanada Progressive Empowerment Party 2562.44
Fuad Abu Bakr New National Vision 1471.40
Rejected ballots260.25
Princes Town 27,178 Barry Padarath United National Congress 11,28069.51
Sharon Baboolal People's National Movement 4,70829.01
Kim Young Low Progressive Empowerment Party 2091.29
Rejected ballots320.20
San Fernando East 25,008 Brian Manning People's National Movement 9,86267.60
Monifa Andrews United National Congress 4,68932.14
Rejected ballots380.26
San Fernando West 25,035 Faris Al-Rawi People's National Movement 8,45954.20
Sean Sobers United National Congress 6,75443.28
Nikoli Edwards Progressive Party 2121.36
Benison Jagessar Progressive Empowerment Party 1280.82
Valmiki RamsinghThe National Party230.15
Rejected ballots310.20
Siparia 28,663 Kamla Persad-Bissessar United National Congress 13,48777.52
Rebecca Dipnarine People's National Movement 3,85522.16
Rejected ballots560.32
St. Ann's East 29,454 Nyan Gadsby-Dolly People's National Movement 10,97974.23
Kenya Charles United National Congress 3,43823.25
Akil Camps Progressive Empowerment Party 3272.21
Rejected ballots460.31
St. Augustine 28,094 Khadijah Ameen United National Congress 11,94367.46
Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal People's National Movement 5,26429.73
Satesh Ramsaran Progressive Empowerment Party 2351.33
Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan Congress of the People 1881.06
Michlin Hosein-Phelps Trinidad Humanity Campaign 330.19
Rejected ballots420.24
St. Joseph 28,452 Terrence Deyalsingh People's National Movement 9,36251.46
Ahloy Hunt United National Congress 8,53946.94
Errol Fabien Independent 2201.21
Joel Williams Trinidad Humanity Campaign 300.16
Rejected ballots420.23
Tabaquite 28,832 Anita Haynes United National Congress 11,44067.62
Michael Seales People's National Movement 5,20930.79
Carl Henry Progressive Empowerment Party 2211.31
Rejected ballots480.28
Tobago East 23,102 Ayanna Webster-Roy People's National Movement 7,12854.36
Watson Duke Progressive Democratic Patriots 5,86644.73
Juliana Henry-King One Tobago Voice 800.61
Rejected ballots390.30
Tobago West 27,686 Shamfa Cudjoe People's National Movement 9,20266.63
Tashia Grace Burris Progressive Democratic Patriots 4,50232.60
Ricardo Phillip Independent 430.31
Nickocy Phillips Unity of the People 400.29
Rejected ballots240.17
Toco/Sangre Grande 31,096 Roger Monroe People's National Movement 10,69458.67
Nabila Greene United National Congress 7,30340.07
Kevon Hernandez Progressive Empowerment Party 1660.91
Rejected ballots630.35
Tunapuna 27,433 Esmond Forde People's National Movement 9,46054.63
David Nakhid United National Congress 7,53343.50
Maurice Downes Progressive Empowerment Party 2281.32
Marcus Ramkissoon Trinidad Humanity Campaign 580.33
Rejected ballots370.21

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