2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election

Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2015

7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)
All 41 seats to the House of Representatives
First party Second party Third party   Leader Keith Rowley Kamla Persad-Bissessar Jack Warner Party PNM People's Partnership Independent Liberal Party Leader since 2010 2013 Leader's seat Diego Martin West Siparia Chaguanas East Last election 12 seats, 29.27% (UNC) 21 (COP) 6 (TOP) 2 Did not contest Seats before 13 (+1 via 2013 By-election) 27 1 (2013 By-election) Seats won 23 (UNC) 17 (COP) 1 (TOP) 0 0 Seat change 11 (UNC) 4 (COP) 5 (TOP) 2
Prime Minister before election Kamla Persad-Bissessar People's Partnership Subsequent Prime Minister Keith Rowley PNM

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 7 September 2015. 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 won 23 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives.

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.

Electoral system

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

Campaign

A total of 127 candidates contested the election for 17 different political parties, with another five running a independents.representing 17 different political parties and independent candidates. 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.

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

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
People's National Movement			23	+11
United National Congress			17	–2
Congress of the People			1	–5
Independent Liberal Party			0	New
Laventille Outreach for Vertical Enrichment			0	New
National Joint Action Committee			0	–2
New National Vision			0	0
Trinidad Humanity Campaign			0	New
Tobago Forwards			0	New
Tobago Organisation of the People			0	–2
Platform of Truth			0	New
Democratic Development Party			0	New
Independent Democratic Party			0	New
National Coalition for Transportation			0	New
The New Voice			0	New
Youth Empowerment Party			0	New
Youth, National Organisations, Farmers Unification, Policy Reformation			0	New
Independents			0	0
Total			41	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,099,245		–	–
Source: Trinidad Express

By constituency

Winning candidates are in bold font.

Constituency	PP	PNM	ILP	Others	PP's Votes	PNM's Votes	ILP's Votes	Other
Arima	Rodger Samuel (COP)	Anthony Garcia	Donna Jennings		4073	10879
Arouca/Maloney	Wendell Eversley(COP)	Camille Robinson Regis			3053	14103
Barataria/San Juan	Fuad Khan (UNC)	Hafeez Ali		Jonathan Thomas (YEP)	8722	8183
Caroni Central	Dr Bhoe Tewarie (UNC)	Avinash Singh	Michelle Johnson		12349	7206
Caroni East	Tim Gopeesingh (UNC)	Sara Budhu	Abuzar Mohammed		13519	5095
Chaguanas East	Fazal Karim (UNC)	Parbatee Helen Maharaj	Jack Warner		7322	5139	550
Chaguanas West	Ganga Singh (UNC)	Abbgail Nandalal	Amarath Jagassar		17202	2117	4112
Couva North	Ramona Ramdial (UNC)	Richard Ragoonannan	Sunil Ramjitsingh		13845	6748
Couva South	Rudy Indarsingh (UNC)	Alif Mohammed	Kelly Dingoor		12657	6005
Cumuto/Manzanilla	Christene Newallo Hosein (UNC)	Bharath Barry Lochan	Dr Lena Brereton	Krish Poonwasee (Independent)	11001	7839
D'Abadie/O’Meara	Patricia Metivier (COP)	Ancil Antoine	Dominic Romain		6037	12480
Diego Martin Central	Embau Moheni(NJAC)	Darryl Smith	Kathy Ann Lamont		2913	13822	386
Diego Martin North/East	Garvin Nicholas (UNC)	Colm Imbert		Saaleha Abu Bakr (NNV)	4084	10321
Diego Martin West	Avonelle Hector (COP)	Dr Keith Rowley	Taja Carringhton	Faud Abu Bakr (NNV) Phillip Alexander (Independent) Zafir David (THC)	2046	7568
Fyzabad	Dr Lakram Bodoe (UNC)	Marsha Bailey	Fabian Anthony Assie		11721	5780
La Brea	Ramesh Ramnannan (UNC)	Nicole Olivirrie	Kefing Jason Chance		2523	4608
La Horquetta/Talparo	Jairam Seemungal (UNC)	Maxie Cuffie			7350	9646
Laventille East/Morvant	Kathy Ann Francis (NJAC)	Adrian Leonce	Fitzdavid Samuel	Niya Pierre (LOVE)	1549	13048	211
Laventille West	Malcolm Kernahan (NJAC)	Fitzgerald Hinds	Trent Holdip		352	6982	114
Lopinot/Bon Air West	Lincoln Douglas (COP)	Cherrie Ann Chritchlow Cockburn	Nigel Reyes		6086	11218	404
Mayaro	Rushton Paray (UNC)	Clerance Rambharat	Andrew Brooks		11730	8836
Moruga/Tableland	Clifton De Coteau (UNC)	Dr Lovell Francis	Andre Clifford		2227	3953
Naparima	Rodney Charles (UNC)	Dons Waithe	Riza hosein		15040	3100	82
Oropouche East	Roodal Moonilal (UNC)	Terry Jadoonannan			7580	1730
Oropouche West	Vidia Goopiesingh (UNC)	Clifford Rambharose			12605	4354
Point Fortin	Ravi ratiram (UNC)	Edmund Dillion			7070	10813
Pointe-à-Pierre	Dr David Lee (UNC)	Neil Mohammed	Patrina Mark Bascombe		8251	7210
Port of Spain North/St Ann's West	Eli Zakour (UNC)	Stuart Young			2218	10946
Port of Spain South	Cleveland Garcia (COP)	Marlene McDonald			2269	9748
Princes Town	Barry Padarath (UNC)	Nikoleiskai Ali			12668	6017
San Fernando East	Ashaki Scott (COP)	Randall Mitchell	Ricardo Lee Sing		5155	11281	175
San Fernando West	Raziah Ahmed (UNC)	Faris Al Rawi	Joseph Mendes		6802	10112
Siparia	Kamla Persad-Bissessar (UNC)	Vidya Deokiesingh			14878	4755
St Ann's East	Don Sylverter (UNC)	Dr Nyan Gadsby Dolly	Geewan Ramdeen		3625	12616	134
St Augustine	Prakash Ramadhar (COP)	Alisha Romano			11807	6186		325
St Joseph	Vasant Bharath (UNC)	Terrence Deyalsingh		Errol Fabien (Independent)	8895	10533	197
Tabaquite	Suruj Rambachan (UNC)	Kevin Chan			12741	6624
Tobago East	Joseph Fredrick (TOP)	Ayanna Webster Roy		Juliana Henry-King (TPT) Peter Caruth (TF)	832	6812		2046
Tobago West	Natasha Ann Second (TOP)	Shamfa Cudjoe	Paul Peters	Hochoy Charles (TPT) Christlyn Moore (TF)	523	7361		1287
Toco/Sangre Grande	Brent Sancho (UNC)	Glenda Jennings Smith	Dayne Francois		6849	9214	197
Tunapuna	Wayne Munroe (UNC)	Esmonde Forde	Marcus Ramkissoon (THC)		7801	11228