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2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election
All 41 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	66.84%
	Colours denote the winning party, shades denote voting strength as shown in the main table of results.
Prime Minister before election; Kamla Persad-Bissessar; (People's Partnership/United National Congress)	Subsequent Prime Minister ; Keith Rowley; (People's National Movement)

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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 7 September 2015.^[1] The date of the general elections was announced by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on 13 June 2015. The result was a victory for the opposition People's National Movement, which received 52% of the vote and won 23 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives.^[2]

Background

The 2010 general elections were won by the People's Partnership (PP) coalition, an alliance of the United National Congress (UNC), the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC), the Congress of the People (COP) and the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP). The PP took 29 of the 41 seats, with the People's National Movement (PNM) winning the other 12. Prior to the 2015 general elections, two by-elections were held in St Joseph and Chaguanas West, which saw the seats held by the PP won by the PNM and Independent Liberal Party (ILP) respectively.^[3]

Electoral system

The 41 elected members of the House of Representatives were elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post.^[4] A total of 2,199 polling stations were used.^[5]

Campaign

A total of 127 candidates contested the election for 17 different political parties, with another five running as independents. The PNM was the only party to contest all 41 seats, and only two other parties contested more than half the seats; the United National Congress ran in 28 and the ILP in 26.

The COP ran in eight seats, the Laventille Outreach for Vertical Enrichment, the NJAC, New National Vision and Trinidad Humanity Campaign all contested three seats, whilst Tobago Forwards, the TOP and the Platform of Truth ran in two. The other parties only nominated a single candidate, including the Democratic Development Party, the Independent Democratic Party, the National Coalition for Transportation, the New Voice, the Youth Empowerment Party and the Youth, National Organisations, Farmers Unification, Policy Reformation.^[5]

The UNC, NJAC, COP and TOP again ran under the PP banner, and did not run candidates against each other.^[6]

Opposition leader Keith Rowley described the election campaign as one of the most "gruelling" in the country's history, but highlighted that the campaign had been conducted in high spirits and without violence or unrest.^[7]

Results

Preliminary results on election night indicated that the PNM had won a majority government with 22 of 41 seats, but with a majority of the popular vote flowing to the ruling People's Partnership coalition.^{[citation needed]} On the final count however the PNM clearly secured an absolute majority of votes cast and obtained an extra seat from the PP, winning 23 of the 41 seats. The four parties in the PP alliance received a combined 46.6% of the vote, winning the remaining eighteen seats.^[2]



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's National Movement	378,447	51.68	23	+11
	United National Congress (PP)	290,066	39.61	17	−4
	Congress of the People (PP)	43,991	6.01	1	−5
	National Joint Action Committee (PP)	5,790	0.79	0	0
	Independent Liberal Party	5,123	0.70	0	New
	Tobago Forwards	2,162	0.30	0	New
	Tobago Organisation of the People (PP)	1,750	0.24	0	−2
	New National Vision	883	0.12	0	0
	Platform of Truth	469	0.06	0	New
	Laventille Outreach for Vertical Enrichment	344	0.05	0	New
	National Coalition for Transportation	331	0.05	0	New
	Democratic Development Party	153	0.02	0	New
	Trinidad Humanity Campaign	138	0.02	0	New
	Independent Democratic Party	108	0.01	0	New
	The New Voice	101	0.01	0	New
	Youth, National Organisations, Farmers Unification, Policy Reformation	74	0.01	0	New
	Youth Empowerment Party	34	0.00	0	New
	Independents	2,376	0.32	0	0
Total		732,340	100.00	41	0

Valid votes		732,340	99.67
Invalid/blank votes		2,452	0.33
Total votes		734,792	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,099,279	66.84
Source: EBCTT, EBCTT, Caribbean Elections

By constituency

Winning candidates are in bold.^[8]^[9]

Constituency	PP	PNM	ILP	Others
Arima	Rodger Samuel (COP)	Anthony Garcia	Donna Jennings
Arouca/Maloney	Wendell Eversley (COP)	Camille Robinson-Regis
Barataria/San Juan	Fuad Khan (UNC)	Hafeez Ali		Jonathan Thomas (YEP)
Caroni Central	Bhoe Tewarie (UNC)	Avinash Singh	Michelle Johnson
Caroni East	Tim Gopeesingh (UNC)	Sara Budhu	Abuzar Mohammed
Chaguanas East	Fazal Karim (UNC)	Parbatee Helen Maharaj	Jack Warner
Chaguanas West	Ganga Singh (UNC)	Abbgail Nandalal	Amarath Jagassar
Couva North	Ramona Ramdial (UNC)	Richard Ragoonannan	Sunil Ramjitsingh
Couva South	Rudy Indarsingh (UNC)	Alif Mohammed	Kelly Dingoor
Cumuto/Manzanilla	Christene Newallo Hosein (UNC)	Bharath Barry Lochan	Dr Lena Brereton	Krish Poonwasee (Independent)
D'Abadie/O’Meara	Patricia Metivier (COP)	Ancil Antoine	Dominic Romain
Diego Martin Central	Embau Moheni (NJAC)	Darryl Smith	Kathy Ann Lamont
Diego Martin North/East	Garvin Nicholas (UNC)	Colm Imbert		Saaleha Abu Bakr (NNV)
Diego Martin West	Avonelle Hector (COP)	Keith Rowley	Taja Carringhton	Faud Abu Bakr (NNV) Phillip Alexander (Independent) Zafir David (THC)
Fyzabad	Lakram Bodoe (UNC)	Marsha Bailey	Fabian Anthony Assie
La Brea	Ramesh Ramnannan (UNC)	Nicole Olivirrie	Kefing Jason Chance
La Horquetta/Talparo	Jairam Seemungal (UNC)	Maxie Cuffie
Laventille East/Morvant	Kathy Ann Francis (NJAC)	Adrian Leonce	Fitzdavid Samuel	Niya Pierre (LOVE)
Laventille West	Malcolm Kernahan (NJAC)	Fitzgerald Hinds	Trent Holdip
Lopinot/Bon Air West	Lincoln Douglas (COP)	Cherrie Ann Chritchlow Cockburn	Nigel Reyes
Mayaro	Rushton Paray (UNC)	Clarence Rambharat	Andrew Brooks
Moruga/Tableland	Clifton De Coteau (UNC)	Lovell Francis	Andre Clifford
Naparima	Rodney Charles (UNC)	Dons Waithe	Riza hosein
Oropouche East	Roodal Moonilal (UNC)	Terry Jadoonannan
Oropouche West	Vidia Goopiesingh (UNC)	Clifford Rambharose
Point Fortin	Ravi Ratiram (UNC)	Edmund Dillion
Pointe-à-Pierre	David Lee (UNC)	Neil Mohammed	Patrina Mark Bascombe
Port of Spain North/St Ann's West	Eli Zakour (UNC)	Stuart Young
Port of Spain South	Cleveland Garcia (COP)	Marlene McDonald
Princes Town	Barry Padarath (UNC)	Nikoleiskai Ali
San Fernando East	Ashaki Scott (COP)	Randall Mitchell	Ricardo Lee Sing
San Fernando West	Raziah Ahmed (UNC)	Faris Al-Rawi	Joseph Mendes
Siparia	Kamla Persad-Bissessar (UNC)	Vidya Deokiesingh
St Ann's East	Don Sylverter (UNC)	Nyan Gadsby-Dolly	Geewan Ramdeen
St Augustine	Prakash Ramadhar (COP)	Alisha Romano
St Joseph	Vasant Bharath (UNC)	Terrence Deyalsingh		Errol Fabien (Independent)
Tabaquite	Suruj Rambachan (UNC)	Kevin Chan
Tobago East	Joseph Fredrick (TOP)	Ayanna Webster-Roy		Juliana Henry-King (TPT) Peter Caruth (TF)
Tobago West	Natasha Ann Second (TOP)	Shamfa Cudjoe	Paul Peters	Hochoy Charles (TPT) Christlyn Moore (TF)
Toco/Sangre Grande	Brent Sancho (UNC)	Glenda Jennings Smith	Dayne Francois
Tunapuna	Wayne Munroe (UNC)	Esmonde Forde		Marcus Ramkissoon (THC)

References

^ 7 September: Election Day in Trinidad and Tobago Caricom Today, 12 June 2015
^ ^a ^b Results of the Parliamentary Election Held on Monday 7 September 2015 EBCTT
^ "PNM wins 2015 General Election". Trinidad Express. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^ Electoral system IPU
^ ^a ^b Candidates Nominated Electorate Polling Station 2015 Archived 15 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine EBCTT
^ "COP loses three seats". Trinidad Express. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
^ PNM Victory Speech by Keith Rowly, retrieved 4 December 2015
^ List of Election Agents Archived 15 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine EBCTT
^ T&T starts new era under PNM Archived 9 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 8 September 2015

[1] 7 September: Election Day in Trinidad and Tobago Caricom Today, 12 June 2015

[ebctt.com-2] Results of the Parliamentary Election Held on Monday 7 September 2015 EBCTT

[TE2010-3] "PNM wins 2015 General Election". Trinidad Express. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

[4] Electoral system IPU

[EBC-5] Candidates Nominated Electorate Polling Station 2015 Archived 15 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine EBCTT

[TE-6] "COP loses three seats". Trinidad Express. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

[:0-7] PNM Victory Speech by Keith Rowly, retrieved 4 December 2015

[8] List of Election Agents Archived 15 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine EBCTT

[9] T&T starts new era under PNM Archived 9 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 8 September 2015

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