2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election

2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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All 41 seats in the House of Representatives 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.92% ( 4.16 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar Stuart Young Farley C. Augustine Party UNC PNM TPP Alliance COI [a] Leader since 24 January 2010 N/A [b] 12 August 2023 Leader's seat Siparia Port of Spain North/Saint Ann's West Did not stand [c] Last election 47.14%, 19 seats 49.05%, 22 seats New Seats won 26 13 2 Seat change 7 9 2 Popular vote 335,161 224,403 13,857 Percentage 54.04% 36.18% 2.23% Swing 6.9 pp 12.87 pp New
Prime Minister before election Stuart Young PNM Elected Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar UNC

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 April 2025 to elect all 41 members of the House of Representatives. President Christine Kangaloo, on the advice of Prime Minister Stuart Young, dissolved parliament and issued the writs for election on 18 March 2025.

This was the first election after the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) redrew the boundaries for 16 constituencies, and renamed five of them. ^[1] Seventeen political parties and three independents contested the election. ^[2]

The United National Congress won 26 seats, forming a majority government, with its leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar becoming Prime Minister for the second time since she was elected leader in 2010. ^[3] The governing People's National Movement led by former Prime Minister Keith Rowley and Stuart Young as Prime Ministerial candidate won 13 seats, losing power and becoming the opposition. ^[4] The Tobago People's Party led by Tobago House of Assembly Chief Minister Farley Augustine won both Tobago seats. According to party organiser Barry Padarath, it was the best result for the United National Congress since the party's foundation. ^[5]

In the aftermath of the election, Young resigned as PNM party chairman on April 30, ^[6] and Rowley announced his intention to resign as political leader of the PNM on May 1. ^[7] Kamla Persad-Bissessar and John Jeremie were sworn in as Prime Minister and Attorney General respectively on May 1. ^[8]

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. ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Parties

Political parties registered with the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) can contest the general election as a party. ^[11]

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]

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. ^[13]

The following registered parties contested the general election. One hundred and fifty-eight candidates representing seventeen parties and three independent candidates contested the election. ^[2]

Trinidad and Tobago

Two parties — the PNM and the Patriotic Front — contested seats in both Trinidad and Tobago.

Party		Founded	Political position and ideology	Leader	Leader since	Leader's seat	Last election		Current seats	Seats contesting
							% party vote	Seats
	PNM	1955	Centre to centre-left Liberalism, Social liberalism, Nationalism	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	49.05%	13 / 41 (32%)		41 [2]
	PF	2019	Centre-left to left	Mickela Panday	May 2019	None	–	–	–	37 [2] [14]

Trinidad only

Ten parties and two independents contested seats only in Trinidad.

Party		Founded	Political position and ideology	Leader(s)	Leader since	Leader's seat	Last election		Current seats	Seats contesting
							% party vote	Seats
Coalition of Interests
	UNC	1989	Centre-left [15] [16] [17] Social democracy Civic nationalism [18] Third Way Labourism [19] Multiculturalism [20] [21]	Kamla Persad-Bissessar	January 2010	Siparia	47.14%	19 / 41 (46%)	19 / 41 (46%)	34 [2]
	COP	2006	Centre-left Reformism	Prakash Ramadhar	January 2025	None	0.07%	0 / 41 (0%)	0 / 41 (0%)	2 [2]
	PEP	2017		Phillip Alexander [22]	January 2017	None	0.90%	0 / 41 (0%)	0 / 41 (0%)	3 [2]
People's Alliance [23]
	NTA	2022	Social liberalism	Gary Griffith	April 2022	None	New party		0 / 41 (0%)	17 [2]
No alliance
	NNV	1994		Fuad Abu Bakr [24]	April 2010	None	0.08%	0 / 41 (0%)	0 / 41 (0%)	1 [2]
	All People's Party (Trinidad and Tobago)	2024	Centre-left	Kezel Jackson	July 2024	None	New party		0 / 41 (0%)	8 [2]
	THC	2010		Marcus Ramkissoon [25]	2010	None	0.06%	0 / 41 (0%)	0 / 41 (0%)	3 [2]
	NCT					None	New party		0 / 41 (0%)	2 [2]
	MND	2019	Diego Martin regionalism	Garvin Nicholas [26]	September 2019	None	0.16%	0 / 41 (0%)	0 / 41 (0%)	1 [2]
	The Hyarima Movement			Francis Morean		None	New party		0 / 41 (0%)	1 [2]

Tobago only

Five parties and one independent contested seats only in Tobago.

Party		Founded	Political position and ideology	Leader(s)	Leader since	Leader's seat	Last election		Current seats	Seats contesting
							% party vote	Seats
	TPP	2023	Tobago regionalism	Farley Chavez Augustine	August 2023	None	New party		0 / 41 (0%)	2 [2]
	PDP	2016	Tobago regionalism	Watson Duke [27]	July 2016	None	1.58%	0 / 41 (0%)	0 / 41 (0%)	2 [2]
	Innovative Democratic Alliance					None	New party		0 / 41 (0%)	2 [2]
	CARM					None	New party		0 / 41 (0%)	1 [2]
	Unity of the People					None	New party		0 / 41 (0%)	1 [2]

Endorsements

Type	PNM	UNC	COP	PEP	PF	NTA	HOPE	TPP	PDP
Media	Jaron "Uncommon" Nurse [28] Akeem "Preedy" Chance [28]	Drupatee Ramgoonai [29] Dwayne Bravo [28] Adesh Samaroo [28] Iwer George [30]
Public figures	Dinesh Rambally (former UNC MP for Chaguanas West, pandit, and executive member of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha) [31] Larry Lalla (former UNC member and Senior counsel attorney) [32]	Ancil Roget (Joint Trade Union Movement - JTUM President) [33] Rudi Atwell (Aviation Communication and Allied Workers' Union - ACAWU Secretary General) John Jeremie (former PNM minister) [34]			Roshan Parvani (Panameñista Party) [35] [36]
Unions and business associations		Oilfields Workers' Trade Union [37] Public Services Association [37] Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers' Union [37] Fire Service Association [37]

Members who did not seek re-election

Member	Party		Constituency	Notes
Rai Ragbir		UNC	Cumuto/Manzanilla	[38]
Dinesh Rambally		UNC	Chaguanas West	[39]
Adrian Leonce		PNM	Laventille East/Morvant	[40]
Fitzgerald Hinds		PNM	Laventille West	[41]
Anita Haynes		UNC	Tabaquite	[42]
Rodney Charles		UNC	Naparima	[43]
Rushton Paray		UNC	Mayaro	[44]
Rudranath Indarsingh		UNC	Couva South	[45]
Keith Rowley		PNM	Diego Martin West	[46]

Campaign

Kamla Persad-Bissessar campaigned on increasing public sector salaries, protecting pensions and reopening the state oil company Petrotrin. The proposals were criticised by Stuart Young as unrealistic, saying that they would need $2 billion in funding. ^{[47] [48]}

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 2020 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.

Marginal seats by party (with winning parties and margins from the 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election)

People's National Movement				United National Congress
Marginal
1		St. Joseph (renamed Aranguez/St Joseph)	4.5%	1		Moruga/Tableland	5.3%
2		Tobago East	9.7%	2		Chaguanas East	6.4%
3		La Horquetta/Talparo	10.9%	3		Barataria/San Juan	6.7%
4		San Fernando West	10.9%	4		Pointe-à-Pierre (renamed Claxton Bay)	9.1%
5		Tunapuna	11.2%	5		Cumuto/Manzanilla	17.9%
6		Toco/Sangre Grande	18.7%	6		Mayaro	18.7%
7		Point Fortin	22.4%	7		Fyzabad	22.0%
8		La Brea	23.3%	8		Caroni Central	24.7%
9		Lopinot/Bon Air West (renamed Arouca/Lopinot)	33.8%	9		Tabaquite	36.9%
10		Tobago West	34.1%	10		St. Augustine	37.8%
11		D'Abadie/O'Meara (renamed Malabar/Mausica)	34.2%	11		Couva South	38.7%
12		San Fernando East	35.6%	12		Princes Town	40.6%
13		Arima	40.0%	13		Couva North	40.7%
14		St. Ann's East	51.1%	14		Caroni East	49.2%
15		Diego Martin North/East	53.3%	15		Oropouche West	50.5%
16		Diego Martin Central	55.7%	16		Siparia	55.5%
17		Diego Martin West	59.1%	17		Oropouche East	60.2%
18		Port of Spain South	60.7%	18		Naparima	66.4%
19		Arouca/Maloney (renamed Trincity/Maloney)	64.2%	19		Chaguanas West	78.2%
20		Port of Spain North/St. Ann's West	66.8%	Safe
21		Laventille East/Morvant	67.0%
22		Laventille West	71.6%
Safe
Source: Parliamentary Elections, 2020 Final Results – Candidates Vote Count [49]

Opinion polls

The North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) based in New York (led by political analyst Vishnu Bisram), pollster Nigel Henry's Solution by Simulation and pollster Louis Bertrand's H.H.B (H.H.B) & Associates have commissioned opinion polling for the next general election sampling the electorates' opinions.

Seat projections

Date	Pollster	Sample size	PNM	UNC	Other	Legislative majority
24 Apr 2025	NACTA publishes a poll with their result being that there is no clear front-runner and that the results will come down to marginal seats. They also concluded that smaller parties, not part of the Coalition of Interests, are unlikely to win any seats. The results concluded that nationwide, the UNC had a slight advantage over the PNM in popular votes. In Tobago they concluded that the PNM is ahead in Tobago West, while Tobago East remains highly competitive. [50]
20 Apr 2025	Guardian Media Limited publishes a poll by Prof. Hamid Ghany in which the UNC is in the lead with 45% of the votes, the PNM with 30%, the PF with 7%, and the NTA with 6% for the marginal seats in Trinidad. For the two seats in Tobago the PNM is leading with 47%, the TPP with 32%, and the PDP with 4%. [51]
18 Mar 2025	The Office of the Prime Minister announces that general elections will be held on April 28th.
17 Mar 2025	Stuart Young is sworn in as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago by President Christine Kangaloo, along with his newly formed cabinet.
16 Mar 2025	Keith Rowley officially resigns from the position of Prime Minister, remains Party Leader of PNM.
6 Jan 2025	Prime Minister Keith Rowley announces that PNM MP's voted to select Stuart Young, PNM Party Chairman and MP for Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann's West, to succeed him as the country's Prime Minister.
3 Jan 2025	Prime Minister Keith Rowley announces his intention to resign as Prime Minister and MP for Diego Martin West. [52]
16 December 2024	Lisa Morris-Julian, the MP for D'Abadie/O'Meara and the 2025 PNM prospective candidate for Malabar/Mausica (the new name for the D'Abadie/O'Meara constituency from the 2025 general election), along with two of her children, die in a fire. [53]
9 Sep 2024	NACTA/Newday [54]	490	25	16	0	5
9 Sep 2024		Five dissident UNC MPs reshuffled in the House of Representatives [55] [56]
17 Jun 2024		2024 Local Government By-Elections: PNM wins Lengua/Indian Walk, breaking the 2023 Trinidadian local election tie with the UNC for the seat and number of councillors elected islandwide, UNC retains control of Quinam/Morne Diablo
15 Jun 2024		2024 United National Congress internal election: Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar retains leadership of the UNC with 76.47% of the vote.
14 August 2023		PNM ties in number of councillors and corporations won with the UNC in the 2023 Trinidadian local elections
12 August 2023		The Tobago People's Party is formed comprising all ex-PDP Tobago House of Assembly members, besides PDP leader Watson Duke, leaving Duke as the sole PDP member of the THA
26 Jun 2023		UNC and NTA form an alliance to contest the 2023 Trinidadian local elections [57]
20 Jan 2023		2023 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election; Christine Kangaloo is elected president, succeeding Paula-Mae Weekes
Nov-Dec 2022		2022 People's National Movement leadership election: Prime Minister Keith Rowley retains leadership of the PNM with 92.46% of the vote.
24 Apr 2022		2022 Tobago Council of the PNM election; Ancil Dennis succeeds Tracy Davidson-Celestine as PNM Tobago leader
6 Dec 2021		January 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election: PDP wins a historic landslide victory, ending 21 consecutive years of PNM rule, Farley Chavez Augustine replaces Ancil Dennis as Chief Secretary of Tobago
21 Oct 2021		UNC motion to impeach President Paula-Mae Weekes fails [58]
25 Jan 2021		PNM and PDP win an equal number of seats in the January 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election
10 Aug 2020	2020 general election		22	19	0	3

Results

The United National Congress won 26 seats, forming a majority government, with its leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar becoming Prime Minister for the second time since she was elected leader in 2010. ^[3] The governing People's National Movement led by former Prime Minister Keith Rowley and Stuart Young as Prime Ministerial candidate won 13 seats, losing power, becoming the opposition. ^[4] The Tobago People's Party led by Tobago House of Assembly Chief Minister Farley Augustine won both Tobago seats.

According to party organiser Barry Padarath, it was the best result for the United National Congress since the party's foundation. ^[5]

In the aftermath of the election, Young resigned as PNM party chairman on April 30, ^[6] and Rowley announced his intention to resign as political leader of the PNM on May 1. ^[7] Kamla Persad-Bissessar and John Jeremie were sworn in as Prime Minister and Attorney General respectively on May 1. ^[8]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United National Congress	335,161	54.04	26	+6
	People's National Movement	224,403	36.18	13	–8
	Patriotic Front	21,232	3.42	0	New
	Tobago People's Party	13,857	2.23	2	New
	Progressive Empowerment Party	9,379	1.51	0	0
	Congress of the People	6,481	1.05	0	0
	National Transformation Alliance	5,860	0.94	0	New
	Progressive Democratic Patriots	1,396	0.23	0	0
	All People's Party	655	0.11	0	New
	Movement for National Development	556	0.09	0	0
	New National Vision	268	0.04	0	0
	Innovative Democratic Alliance	143	0.02	0	New
	Trinidad Humanity Campaign	84	0.01	0	0
	National Coalition for Transformation	55	0.01	0	New
	Unity of the People	37	0.01	0	New
	The Hyarima Movement	24	0.00	0	New
	Class Action Reform Movement	22	0.00	0	New
	Independent	563	0.09	0	0
Total		620,176	100.00	41	0
Valid votes		620,176	99.67
Invalid/blank votes		2,031	0.33
Total votes		622,207	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,153,876	53.92
Source: [59] [60] [61] [62]

By constituency

The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) report of 13 March 2024 on constituency boundary reviews resulted in the renaming of five constituencies: Arouca/Maloney became Trincity/Maloney, D'Abadie/O'Meara became Malabar/Mausica, Lopinot/Bon Air West became Arouca/Lopinot, St Joseph became Aranguez/St Joseph, and Pointe-à-Pierre became Claxton Bay. The report also recommended maintaining the current total of 41 constituencies, with 39 seats in Trinidad and two in Tobago. ^[63]

Lisa Morris-Julian, Minister in the Ministry of Education and Member of Parliament for D'Abadie/O'Meara (renamed Malabar/Mausica from this election), was re-selected by the PNM as the candidate for the seat on 3 December 2024. However, she died in a house fire on 16 December 2024. ^[64]

Electoral District	Electorate	Candidate [65]	Party		Votes	%
Aranguez/St. Joseph	28,873	Devesh Maharaj		United National Congress	9,908	57.14
		Terrence Deyalsingh		People's National Movement	6,672	38.48
		Anthony Darryl Dolland		Patriotic Front	350	2.02
		Gary Griffith		National Transformation Alliance	334	1.93
		Marcus Ramkissoon		Trinidad Humanity Campaign	27	0.16
		Rejected			48	0.28
Arima	28,802	Pennelope Beckles		People's National Movement	7,055	49.80
		Nigel Moses		United National Congress	6,356	44.86
		Jemima Lezama-Redhead		Patriotic Front	520	3.67
		Shekhina Sirju		National Transformation Alliance	152	1.07
		Nalini Dial		National Coalition for Transformation	38	0.27
		Rejected			46	0.32
Arouca/Lopinot	28,493	Marvin Gonzales		People's National Movement	7,958	48.58
		Natalie Chaitan-Maharaj		United National Congress	7,699	47.00
		Kenny Nicholas Lee		Patriotic Front	537	3.28
		Nicolene Taylor-Chinchamee		National Transformation Alliance	146	0.89
		Rejected			41	0.25
Barataria/San Juan	25,183	Saddam Hosein		United National Congress	8,887	62.74
		Muhammad Yunus Ibrahim		People's National Movement	4,742	33.48
		Steffon Boodooram		Patriotic Front	365	2.58
		Da Vvian Bain		National Transformation Alliance	97	0.68
		Joshua Faline		All People's Party	37	0.26
		Rejected			36	0.25
Caroni Central	31,460	David Lee		United National Congress	12,663	68.53
		Adam Hosein		People's National Movement	4,854	26.27
		Andrew Hosein		Patriotic Front	914	4.95
		Rejected			46	0.25
Caroni East	30,208	Rishad Seecheran		United National Congress	13,957	80.61
		Leena Rampersad		People's National Movement	2,757	15.92
		Danielle Grell		Patriotic Front	561	3.24
		Rejected			40	0.23
Chaguanas East	27,728	Vandana Mohit		United National Congress	10,097	62.68
		Richie Sookhai		People's National Movement	5,317	33.00
		Afifah Mohammed		Patriotic Front	487	3.02
		Norman Dindial		National Transformation Alliance	125	0.78
		Ernesto Singh		Independent	47	0.29
		Rejected			37	0.23
Chaguanas West	29,043	Colin Neil Gosine		United National Congress	16,013	88.73
		Winston Mahabir		People's National Movement	1,390	7.70
		Marsha George		Patriotic Front	599	3.32
		Rejected			44	0.24
Claxton Bay	26,078	Hansen Narinesingh		United National Congress	9,969	64.45
		Mukesh Ramsingh		People's National Movement	4,934	31.90
		Thelston Jagoo		Patriotic Front	530	3.43
		Rejected			34	0.22
Couva North	30,681	Jearlean John		United National Congress	13,201	73.08
		Brent Maraj		People's National Movement	3,094	17.13
		Mickela Panday		Patriotic Front	1,727	9.56
		Rejected			42	0.23
Couva South	30,975	Barry Padarath		United National Congress	13,122	73.39
		Aaron Mohammed		People's National Movement	3,763	21.04
		Imran Gokool		Patriotic Front	955	5.34
		Rejected			41	0.23
Cumuto/Manzanilla	30,776	Shivanna Sam		United National Congress	12,559	68.08
		Sanjiv Boodhu		People's National Movement	5,393	29.24
		Valene Teelucksingh		Patriotic Front	438	2.37
		Rejected			57	0.31
Diego Martin Central	29,623	Symon de Nobriga		People's National Movement	7,409	56.35
		Keron Thomas		United National Congress	4,600	34.98
		Russel Chan		National Transformation Alliance	1,085	8.25
		Rejected			55	0.42
Diego Martin North/East	29,869	Colm Imbert		People's National Movement	7,064	56.01
		Brendon Butts		Progressive Empowerment Party	3,525	27.95
		Chelsie Cedeno		Patriotic Front	708	5.61
		Salim George		National Transformation Alliance	565	4.48
		Garvin Nicholas		Movement for National Development	556	4.41
		Christine Soden		All People's Party	145	1.15
		Rejected			49	0.39
Diego Martin West	29,967	Hans des Vignes		People's National Movement	7,703	62.33
		Janice Learmond-Criqui		Progressive Empowerment Party	3,257	26.36
		Marsha Walker		National Transformation Alliance	1,336	10.81
		Rejected			62	0.50
Fyzabad	27,471	Davendranath Tancoo		United National Congress	11,396	69.39
		Kheron Khan		People's National Movement	4,454	27.12
		Naomi Gopeesingh		Patriotic Front	539	3.28
		Rejected			33	0.20
La Brea	26,616	Clyde Elder		United National Congress	7,001	50.64
		Randall Mitchell		People's National Movement	6,262	45.30
		Carla Garcia		Patriotic Front	413	2.99
		Renision Jeffrey		All People's Party	53	0.38
		Francis Morean		The Hyarima Movement	24	0.17
		Rejected			71	0.51
La Horquetta/Talparo	29,061	Phillip Watts		United National Congress	9,585	56.52
		Foster Cummings		People's National Movement	6,712	39.58
		Rekeisha Francois		Patriotic Front	502	2.96
		Alvin Cudjoe		National Transformation Alliance	107	0.63
		Rejected			54	0.32
Laventille East/Morvant	25,231	Christian Birchwood		People's National Movement	5,837	59.68
		Robert Mitchell		United National Congress	3,270	33.43
		Christopher Alexander		Patriotic Front	577	5.90
		Steve Stephens		All People's Party	75	0.77
		Rejected			22	0.22
Laventille West	25,147	Kareem Marcelle		People's National Movement	6,096	68.87
		Rodney Stowe		United National Congress	2,291	25.88
		Nathaniel Thomas		Patriotic Front	429	4.85
		Rejected			36	0.41
Malabar/Mausica	29,515	Dominic Romain		People's National Movement	7,691	48.04
		Dominic Smith		United National Congress	7,437	46.46
		Anita Margaret Hankey		Patriotic Front	834	5.21
		Rejected			46	0.29
Mayaro	29,346	Nicholas Morris		United National Congress	11,241	70.12
		Beatrice Bridglal		People's National Movement	4,381	27.33
		Brittney Williams		Patriotic Front	347	2.16
		Rejected			61	0.38
Moruga/Tableland	29,744	Michelle Benjamin		United National Congress	11,083	56.99
		Lisa Atwater		People's National Movement	7,983	41.05
		Trivet Phillip		Patriotic Front	281	1.44
		Rejected			101	0.52
Naparima	27,150	Narindra Roopnarine		United National Congress	13,649	86.39
		Sarah Nangoo		People's National Movement	1,650	10.44
		Fariyal Mohammed-Lalchan		Patriotic Front	462	2.92
		Rejected			38	0.24
Oropouche East	28,092	Roodal Moonilal		United National Congress	13,649	81.53
		Richard Ragbir		People's National Movement	2,264	13.52
		Danny Jadoonan		Patriotic Front	771	4.61
		Rejected			58	0.35
Oropouche West	25,429	Lackram Bodoe		United National Congress	11,882	80.64
		Shawn Dube		People's National Movement	2,349	15.94
		Alisha Mohammed		Patriotic Front	451	3.06
		Rejected			52	0.35
Point Fortin	26,470	Ernesto Kesar		United National Congress	7,293	51.54
		Kennedy Richards		People's National Movement	6,509	46.00
		Errol Fabien		National Transformation Alliance	203	1.43
		Sheldon Khan		All People's Party	81	0.57
		Rejected			65	0.46
Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann's West	25,670	Stuart Young		People's National Movement	7,243	67.01
		Phillip Alexander		Progressive Empowerment Party	2,597	24.03
		Vivian Johnson		Independent	478	4.42
		Richard Thomas		National Transformation Alliance	443	4.10
		Rejected			48	0.44
Port-of-Spain South	25,534	Keith Scotland		People's National Movement	5,523	59.93
		Kirt Sinnette		Congress of the People	2,218	24.07
		Winzy Adams		Patriotic Front	670	7.27
		Gail Gonsalves-Castanada		National Transformation Alliance	352	3.82
		Fuad Abu Bakr		New National Vision	268	2.91
		Kezel Jackson		All People's Party	149	1.62
		Rejected			35	0.38
Princes Town	27,774	Aiyna Ali		United National Congress	11,852	75.25
		Rocklyn Mohammed		People's National Movement	3,340	21.21
		Sacha Mangroo		Patriotic Front	510	3.24
		Rejected			49	0.31
San Fernando East	25,667	Brian Manning		People's National Movement	7,017	50.38
		John Michael Alibocas		United National Congress	6,344	45.55
		Kenrick Serrette		Patriotic Front	502	3.60
		Rejected			64	0.46
San Fernando West	25,378	Michael Dowlath		United National Congress	7,341	50.34
		Faris Al-Rawi		People's National Movement	6,638	45.52
		Nnika Ramnanan		Patriotic Front	450	3.09
		Kevin Sarran		National Transformation Alliance	44	0.30
		Denile Joseph		All People's Party	28	0.19
		Kathryna Browne		National Coalition for Transformation	17	0.12
		Rejected			65	0.45
Siparia	29,096	Kamla Persad-Bissessar		United National Congress	13,900	83.03
		Natasha Mohammed		People's National Movement	2,412	14.41
		Judy Sookdeo		Patriotic Front	374	2.23
		Rejected			54	0.32
St. Ann's East	30,113	Nyan Gadsby-Dolly		People's National Movement	7,472	55.34
		Gerrard Small		Congress of the People	4,263	31.57
		Kerron Brathwaite		Patriotic Front	1,242	9.20
		Jason Reece-Roper		National Transformation Alliance	472	3.50
		Rejected			53	0.39
St. Augustine	28,397	Khadijah Ameen		United National Congress	12,664	73.59
		Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal		People's National Movement	3,865	22.46
		Daniel Maharaj		Patriotic Front	481	2.80
		Vera Dookie-Ramlal		National Transformation Alliance	129	0.75
		Christopher Mathura		Trinidad Humanity Campaign	29	0.17
		Rejected			41	0.24
Tabaquite	28,876	Sean Sobers		United National Congress	11,615	73.68
		Marisha Alvarado		People's National Movement	3,436	21.80
		Amzad Mohammed		Patriotic Front	668	4.24
		Rejected			46	0.29
Tobago East	23,853	David Thomas		Tobago People's Party	7,144	56.96
		Ayanna Webster-Roy		People's National Movement	4,396	35.05
		Watson Duke		Progressive Democratic Patriots	788	6.28
		Wade Caruth		Patriotic Front	99	0.79
		Gerard Balfour		Innovative Democratic Alliance	82	0.65
		Rejected			33	0.26
Tobago West	28,863	Joel Sampson		Tobago People's Party	6,713	46.69
		Shamfa Cudjoe		People's National Movement	6,604	45.93
		Curtis Douglas		Progressive Democratic Patriots	608	4.23
		Aretha Paula Clarke		Patriotic Front	154	1.07
		Dexter James		All People's Party	87	0.61
		Kay Trotman		Innovative Democratic Alliance	61	0.42
		Leroy George		Independent	38	0.26
		Nickosy Phillips		Unity of the People	37	0.26
		Ricardo Phillip		Class Action Reform Movement	22	0.15
		Rejected			55	0.38
Toco/Sangre Grande	31,186	Wayne Sturge		United National Congress	9,728	54.99
		Roger Monroe		People's National Movement	7,363	41.62
		Elizabeth Wharton		Patriotic Front	385	2.18
		Christine Newallo-Hosein		National Transformation Alliance	143	0.81
		Rejected			72	0.41
Trincity/Maloney	28,953	Camille Robinson-Regis		People's National Movement	9,858	64.22
		Richard Smith		United National Congress	4,443	28.94
		Jamel Hunte		Patriotic Front	987	6.43
		Rejected			62	0.40
Tunapuna	27,485	Roger Alexander		United National Congress	8,466	52.86
		Esmond Forde		People's National Movement	6,943	43.35
		Aleksei Henry		Patriotic Front	413	2.58
		Savita Pierre		National Transformation Alliance	127	0.79
		Leshawn Gopee		Trinidad Humanity Campaign	28	0.17
		Rejected			39	0.24

Aftermath

The UNC, led by former Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar won a majority of seats, ^{[66] [67] [68]} after 10 years as opposition. ^[68] She was sworn in as prime minister on 1 May. ^[69] Some analysts cited the UNC's victory as voters' rejection of Rowley and his maneuver of appointing Young without the voters' approval. ^[68] Hamid Ghany, a political analyst at the University of the West Indies suggested that there would be a different response from the Trump administration due to Persad-Bissessar's favourable disposition towards Trump compared to the PNM's closeness towards Maduro's administration in Venezuela. ^[70]

The former leader of the PNM, Keith Rowley, conceded defeat on behalf of his party that night. ^{[70] [66] [67]} Stuart Young, with a tenure of 43 days, became the shortest-serving Prime Minister in the country's history. ^[68] The PNM lost in their safe seats of La Brea, Point Fortin and on the island of Tobago. ^[68]

A CARICOM delegation congratulated Persad-Bissessar stating: "We look forward to welcoming Prime Minister-elect Persad-Bissessar to the Conference of Heads of Government, and to her participation, as we continue to tackle emerging geopolitical issues, and seek to further improve the welfare and well-being of the people of the region." ^[68] Among the leaders congratulating Persad-Bissessar included the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, and the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley. ^[68]

See also

• Persad-Bissessar administration (2025–)

Notes

1. UNC/COP/PEP with support from LOVE/OWTU/PSA
2. Young was selected by the PNM's parliamentary caucus to replace Keith Rowley as Prime Minister, however, Rowley remained as party leader for this election cycle.
3. Augustine is a member of the Tobago House of Assembly and the Chief Secretary of Tobago.

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