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2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election
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All 41 seats in the House of Representatives
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54%[d] (Decrease 4.08pp)
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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 before 19 22 New
Seats won 26 13 2
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 9 Increase 2
Popular vote 334,874 220,160 13,857
Percentage 54.21% 35.64% 2.24%
Swing Increase 7.07 Decrease 13.41 New
Prime Minister before election

Stuart Young
PNM

Elected Prime Minister

Kamla Persad-Bissessar
UNC

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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, becoming the opposition.[4] The Tobago People's Party led by Tobago House of Assembly Chief Minister Farley Augustine won both Tobago seats.[5]

According to party organiser Barry Padarath, it was the best result for the United National Congress since the party's foundation.[6]

In the aftermath of the election, Young resigned as PNM party chairman on April 30,[7] and Rowley announced his intention to resign as political leader of the PNM on May 1.[8] Kamla Persad-Bissessar and John Jeremie were sworn in as Prime Minister and Attorney General respectively on May 1.[9]

Electoral system

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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.[10]

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.[11]

Parties

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Political parties registered with the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) can contest the general election as a party.[12]

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.[13]

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]

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

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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 		Stuart Young January 2025 Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann's West
49.05%
22 / 41 (54%)
21 / 41 (51%)
 41[2]
PF 2019 Centre-left to left Mickela Panday May 2019 None – – – 37[2][15]

Trinidad only

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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[16][17][18]
Social democracy
Civic nationalism[19]
Third Way
Labourism[20]
Multiculturalism[21][22] 		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[23] January 2017 None
0.90%
0 / 41 (0%)
0 / 41 (0%)
 3[2]
People's Alliance[24]
NTA 2022 Social liberalism Gary Griffith April 2022 None New party
0 / 41 (0%)
 17[2]
No alliance
NNV 1994 Fuad Abu Bakr[25] 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[26] 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[27] 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

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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[28] 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

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Type PNM UNC COP PEP PF NTA HOPE TPP PDP
Media
  • Jaron "Uncommon" Nurse[29]
  • Akeem "Preedy" Chance[30]
Public figures
  • Ancil Roget (Joint Trade Union Movement - JTUM President)[37]
  • Rudi Atwell (Aviation Communication and Allied Workers’ Union - ACAWU Secretary General)
  • John Jeremie (former PNM minister)[38]
Unions and business associations

Members who did not seek re-election

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Member Party Constituency Notes
Rai Ragbir   UNC Cumuto/Manzanilla [42]
Dinesh Rambally   UNC Chaguanas West [43]
Adrian Leonce   PNM Laventille East/Morvant [44]
Fitzgerald Hinds   PNM Laventille West [45]
Anita Haynes   UNC Tabaquite [46]
Rodney Charles   UNC Naparima [47]
Rushton Paray   UNC Mayaro [48]
Rudranath Indarsingh   UNC Couva South [49]
Keith Rowley   PNM Diego Martin West [50]

Campaign

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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.[51][52]

Marginal seats

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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[53]

Opinion polls

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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

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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.[54]
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%.[55]
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.[56]
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.[57]
9 Sep 2024 NACTA/Newday[58] 490 25 16 0 5
9 Sep 2024 Five dissident UNC MPs reshuffled in the House of Representatives[59][60]
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[61]
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[62]
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

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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.[5]

According to party organiser Barry Padarath, it was the best result for the United National Congress since the party's foundation.[6]

In the aftermath of the election, Young resigned as PNM party chairman on April 30,[7] and Rowley announced his intention to resign as political leader of the PNM on May 1.[8] Kamla Persad-Bissessar and John Jeremie were sworn in as Prime Minister and Attorney General respectively on May 1.[9]

PartySeats+/–
United National Congress26+7
People's National Movement13–8
Tobago People's Party2New
Patriotic Front0New
Congress of the People00
National Transformation Alliance0New
Progressive Empowerment Party00
New National Vision00
All People's Party0New
Trinidad Humanity Campaign00
National Coalition for Transformation0New
Movement for National Development00
The Hyarima Movement0New
Progressive Democratic Patriots00
Innovative Democratic Alliance0New
Class Action Reform Movement0New
Unity of the People0New
Independents00
Total410
Source: Elections and Boundaries Commission (preliminary results)

By constituency

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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, the Minister 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]

In the table below, non-minister MPs who are not standing for re-election are marked (‡). Government ministers are in bold, prime ministerial candidates and party leaders are in italics.

Electoral District Electorate[65] Turnout[65] %[65] Candidates Votes[65] % Incumbent
Aranguez/St Joseph (previously St. Joseph) 28,873 17,339 60.05% PNM Terrence Deyalsingh[66] 6,672 38.5% PNM Terrence Deyalsingh
UNC Devesh Maharaj[66] 9,908 57.1%
PF Anthony Darryl Dolland[66] 350 2.0%
NTA Gary Griffith[66] 334 1.9%
THC Marcus Ramkissoon[66] 27 0.2%
Arima 28,802 14,167 49.19% PNM Pennelope Beckles[66] 7,055 49.8% PNM Pennelope Beckles
UNC Nigel Moses[66] 6,356 44.9%
PF Jemima Lezama-Redhead[66] 520 3.7%
NTA Shekhina Sirju[66] 152 1.1%
NCT Nalini Dial[66] 38 0.3%
Arouca/Lopinot (previously Lopinot/Bon Air West) 28,493 16,381 57.49% PNM Marvin Gonzales[66] 7,961 48.6% PNM Marvin Gonzales
UNC Natalie Chaitan-Maharaj[66] 7,699 47.0%
PF Kenny Nicholas Lee[66] 538 3.3%
NTA Nicolene Taylor-Chinchamee[66] 146 0.9%
Barataria/San Juan 25,183 14,164 56.24% UNC Saddam Hosein[66] 8,887 62.7% UNC Saddam Hosein
PNM Muhammad Yunus Ibrahim[66] 4,742 33.5%
PF Steffon Boodooram[66] 365 2.6%
NTA Da Vvian Bain[66] 97 0.7%
APP Joshua Faline[66] 37 0.3%
Caroni Central 31,460 18,477 58.73% UNC David Lee[66] 12,663 68.7% UNC Arnold Ram
PNM Adam Hosein[66] 4,854 26.3%
PF Andrew Hosein[66] 914 5.0%
Caroni East 30,208 17,315 57.32% UNC Rishad Seecheran[66] 13,957 80.6% UNC Rishad Seecheran
PNM Leena Rampersad[66] 2,757 15.9%
PF Danielle Grell[66] 561 3.2%
Chaguanas East 27,728 16,110 58.10% UNC Vandana Mohit[66] 10,097 62.7% UNC Vandana Mohit
PNM Richie Sookhai[66] 5,317 33.0%
PF Afifah Mohammed[66] 487 3.0%
NTA Norman Dindial[66] 125 0.8%
Independent Ernesto Singh[66] 47 0.3%
Chaguanas West 29,043 18,046 62.14% UNC Colin Neil Gosine[66] 16,013 88.7% UNC Dinesh Rambally
PNM Winston Mahabir[66] 1,390 7.7%
PF Marsha George[66] 599 3.3%
Claxton Bay

(previously Pointe-à-Pierre)

26,078 15,467 59.31% UNC Hansen Narinesingh[66] 9,969 64.5% UNC David Lee
PNM Mukesh Ramsingh[66] 4,934 31.9%
PF Thelston Jagoo[66] 530 3.4%
Couva North 30,681 18,064 58.88% UNC Jearlean John[66] 13,201 73.1% UNC Ravi Ratiram
PNM Brent Maraj[66] 3,094 17.1%
PF Mickela Panday[66] 1,727 9.6%
Couva South 30,975 17,881 57.73% UNC Barry Padarath[66] 13,122 73.4% UNC Rudranath Indarsingh
PNM Aaron Mohammed[66] 3,763 21.0%
PF Imran Gokool[66] 955 5.3%
Cumuto/Manzanilla 30,776 18,447 59.94% UNC Shivana Sam[66] 12,559 68.1% UNC Rai Ragbir
PNM Sanjiv Boodhu[66] 5,393 29.2%
PF Valene Teelucksingh[66] 438 2.4%
Diego Martin Central 29,623 13,149 44.39% PNM Symon de Nobriga[66] 7,409 56.4% PNM Symon de Nobriga
UNC Keron Thomas[66] 4,600 35.0%
NTA Russel Chan[66] 1,085 8.3%
Diego Martin North/East 29,869 12,612 42.22% PNM Colm Imbert[66] 7,064 56.0% PNM Colm Imbert
PF Chelsie Cedeno[66] 708 5.6%
NTA Salim George[66] 565 4.5%
PEP Brendon Butts[66] 3,525 28.0%
MND Garvin Nicholas[66] 556 4.4%
APP Christine Soden[66] 145 1.2%
Diego Martin West 29,967 12,358 41.24% PNM Hans des Vignes[66] 7,703 62.3% PNM ‡ Keith Rowley
NTA Marsha Walker[66] 1,336 10.8%
PEP Janice Learmond-Criqui[66] 3,257 26.4%
Fyzabad 27,471 16,422 59.78% UNC Davendranath Tancoo[66] 11,396 69.4% UNC Lackram Bodoe
PNM Kheron Khan[66] 4,454 27.1%
PF Naomi Gopeesingh[66] 539 3.3%
La Brea 26,616 13,824 51.94% PNM Randall Mitchell[66] 6,262 45.3% PNM ‡ Stephen McClashie
UNC/OWTU Clyde Elder[66] 7,001 50.1%
PF Carla Garcia[66] 413 4.0%
APP Renision Jeffrey[66] 53 0.4%
THM Francis Morean[66] 24 0.2%
La Horquetta/Talparo 29,061 16,960 58.36% PNM Foster Cummings[66] 6,712 39.6% PNM Foster Cummings
UNC Phillip Watts[66] 9,585 56.5%
PF Rekeisha Francois[66] 502 3.0%
NTA Alvin Cudjoe[66] 107 0.6%
Laventille East/Morvant 25,231 9,781 38.77% PNM Christian Birchwood[66] 5,837 59.7% PNM ‡ Adrian Leonce
UNC Robert Mitchell[66] 3,270 33.4%
PF Christopher Alexander[66] 577 5.9%
APP Steve Stephens[66] 75 0.8%
Laventille West 25,147 8,852 35.2% PNM Kareem Marcelle[66] 9,096 68.9% PNM ‡ Fitzgerald Hinds
UNC Rodney Stowe[66] 2,291 25.9%
PF Nathaniel Thomas[66] 429 4.9%
Malabar/Mausica (previously D'Abadie/O'Meara) 29,515 16,000 54.21% PNM Dominic Romain[66] 7,690 48.1% PNM Vacant
UNC Dominic Smith[66] 7,428 46.4%
PF Anita Margaret Hankey[66] 834 5.2%
Mayaro 29,346 16,030 54.62% UNC Nicholas Morris[66] 11,241 70.1% UNC Rushton Paray
PNM Beatrice Bridglal[66] 4,381 27.3%
PF Brittney Williams[66] 347 2.2%
Moruga/Tableland 29,744 19,448 65.38% UNC Michelle Benjamin[66] 11,083 57.0% UNC Michelle Benjamin
PNM Lisa Atwater[66] 7,983 41.1%
PF Trivet Phillip[66] 281 1.4%
Naparima 27,150 15,799 58.19% UNC Narindra Roopnarine[66] 13,649 86.4% UNC ‡ Rodney Charles
PNM Sarah Nangoo[66] 1,650 10.4%
PF Fariyal Mohammed-Lalchan[66] 462 2.9%
Oropouche East 28,092 16,742 59.6% UNC Roodal Moonilal[66] 13,649 81.5% UNC Roodal Moonilal
PNM Richard Ragbir[66] 2264 13.5%
PF Danny Jadoonan[66] 771 4.6%
Oropouche West 25,429 14,734 57.94% UNC Lackram Bodoe[66] UNC Davendranath Tancoo
PNM Shawn Dube[66]
PF Alisha Mohammed[66]
Point Fortin 26,470 14,151 53.46% PNM Kennedy Richards[66] PNM Kennedy Richards
UNC/OWTU Ernesto Kesar[66]
NTA Errol Fabien[66]
APP Sheldon Khan[66]
Port of Spain North/St. Ann's West 25,670 10809 42.11% PNM Stuart Young[66] PNM Stuart Young
NTA Richard Thomas[66]
PEP Phillip Edward Alexander[66]
Independent Vivian Johnson[66]
Port of Spain South 25,534 9215 36.09% PNM Keith Scotland[66] PNM Keith Scotland
PF Winzy Adams[66]
NTA Gail Gonsalves-Castanada[66]
COP Kirt Sinnette[66]
APP Kezel Jackson[66]
NNV Fuad Abu Bakr[66]
Princes Town 27,774 15,751 56.71% UNC Aiyna Ali[66] UNC Barry Padarath
PNM Rocklyn Mohammed[66]
PF Sacha Mangroo[66]
San Fernando East 25,667 13,909 54.19% PNM Brian Manning[66] PNM Brian Manning
UNC John Michael Alibocas[66]
PF Kenrick Serrette[66]
San Fernando West 25,378 14,583 57.46% PNM Faris Al-Rawi[66] PNM Faris Al-Rawi
UNC Michael Dowlath[66]
PF Nnika Ramnanan[66]
NTA Kevin Sarran[66]
APP Denile Joseph[66]
NCT Kathryna Browne[66]
Siparia 29,096 16,740 57.53% UNC Kamla Persad-Bissessar[66] UNC Kamla Persad-Bissessar
PNM Natasha Mohammed[66]
PF Judy Sookdeo[66]
St. Ann's East 30,113 13,502 44.84% PNM Nyan Gadsby-Dolly[66] PNM Nyan Gadsby-Dolly
PF Kerron Brathwaite[66]
NTA Jason Reece-Roper[66]
COP Gerrard Small[66]
St. Augustine 28,397 17,209 60.6% UNC Khadijah Ameen[66] UNC Khadijah Ameen
PNM Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal[66]
PF Daniel Maharaj[66]
NTA Vera Dookie-Ramlal[66]
THC Christopher Mathura[66]
Tabaquite 28,876 15,765 54.6% UNC Sean Sobers[66] UNC Anita Haynes-Alleyne
PNM Marisha Alvarado[66]
PF Amzad Mohammed[66]
Tobago East 23,853 12,542 52.58% PNM Ayanna Webster-Roy[66] PNM Ayanna Webster-Roy
TPP David Joseph Thomas[66]
PDP Watson Duke[66]
PF Wade Caruth[66]
IDA Gerard Balfour[66]
Tobago West 28,863 14,379 49.82% PNM Shamfa Cudjoe Lewis[66] PNM Shamfa Cudjoe Lewis
TPP Joel Sampson[66]
PDP Curtis Douglas[66]
PF Aretha Paula Clarke[66]
APP Dexter James[66]
IDA Kay Trotman[66]
CARM Ricardo Phillip[66]
UOTP Nickosy Phillips[66]
Independent Leroy George[66]
Toco/Sangre Grande 31,186 17,691 56.73% PNM Roger Monroe[66] PNM Roger Monroe
UNC Wayne Sturge[66]
NTA Christine Newallo-Hosein[66]
PF Elizabeth Wharton[66]
Trincity/Maloney (previously Arouca/Maloney) 28,953 15,350 53.02% PNM Camille Robinson-Regis[66] PNM Camille Robinson-Regis
UNC Richard Smith[66]
PF Jamel Hunte[66]
Tunapuna 27,485 16,016 58.27% PNM Esmond Forde[66] PNM Esmond Forde
UNC Roger Alexander[66]
PF Aleksei Henry[66]
NTA Savita Pierre[66]
THC Leshawn Gopee[66]

Aftermath

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The UNC, led by former Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar won a majority of seats,[67][68][69] after 10 years as opposition.[69] She was sworn in as prime minister on 1 May.[70] Some analysts cited the UNC's victory as voters' rejection of Rowley and his maneuver of appointing Young without the voters' approval.[69] 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.[71]

The former leader of the PNM, Keith Rowley, conceded defeat on behalf of his party that night.[71][67][68] Stuart Young, with a tenure of 43 days, became the shortest-serving Prime Minister in the country's history.[69] The PNM lost in their safe seats of La Brea and on the island of Tobago.[69]

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."[69] Among the leaders congratulating Persad-Bissessar included the Prime Minister of Dominica, Keith Rowley, and the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley.[69]

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Notes

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  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.
  4. ^ Preliminary turnout estimates released by the Elections and Boundaries Commission.

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