2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election
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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 5 November 2007.[1] Nomination day was 15 October. Five parties contested the elections; the ruling People's National Movement, the official opposition United National Congress–Alliance (a coalition of the UNC and six smaller parties), the Congress of the People, the Tobago United Front–Democratic Action Congress (a Tobago-based party) and the Democratic National Assembly (a new party based in Tobago). Five independent candidates also ran.
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All 41 seats in the House of Representatives 21 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 66.22% ( 3.42pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Candidates
editUNCA
edit- Arima – Wayne Rodriguez
- Arouca/Maloney – Dianne Bishop-Bajnath
- Barataria/San Juan – Nazeemool Mohammed
- Caroni Central – Hamza Rafeeq
- Caroni East – Tim Gopeesingh
- Chaguanas East – Kirk Meighoo
- Chaguanas West – Austin Jack Warner
- Couva North – Basdeo Panday
- Couva South – Kelvin Ramnath
- Cumuto/Manzanilla – Harry Partap
- Diego Martin West – Daphne Phillips
- Diego Martin Central – Steve Alvarez
- Diego Martin North/East – Andy Williams
- Fyzabad – Chandresh Sharma
- La Brea – Ravi Ratiram
- La Horquetta/Talparo – Jennifer Jones-Kernahan
- Laventille East – Morvant – Lennox Smith
- Laventille West – Juliet Davy
- Lopinot/Bon Air West – Prakash Williams
- Mayaro – Winston "Gypsy" Peters
- Naparima – Nizam Baksh
- Oropouche East – Roodal Moonilal
- Oropouche West – Mickela Panday
- Point Fortin – Fitzroy Beache
- Pointe-a-Pierre – Wade Mark
- Port of Spain South – Anthony Sammy
- Princes Town South – Tableland – Clifton De Coteau
- San Fernando East – Ramesh Karapan
- San Fernando West – Bishop Jankee Raghunanan
- Siparia – Kamla Persad-Bissessar
- St. Ann's East – Tricia Moraldo
- St. Augustine – Vasant Bharath
- St. Joseph – Carson Charles
- Tabaquite – Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj
- Toco – Sangre Grande – Keshore Satram
- Tunapuna – Christine Newallo
PNM
edit- Arima- Pennelope Beckles
- Arouca/Maloney – Alicia Hospedales
- Barataria/San Juan – Joseph Ross
- Caroni Central – Shivanand Narinesingh
- Caroni East – Harold Ramoutar
- Chaguanas East – Mustapha Abdul – Hamid
- Chaguanas West – Frankie Ranjitsingh
- Couva North – Nal Ramsingh
- Couva South – Naim Ali
- Cumuto/Manzanilla – Lennox Sirjusingh
- D'Abadie/O'Meara – Karen Nunez Tesheira
- Diego Martin Central – Amery Browne
- Diego Martin North/East – Colm Imbert
- Diego Martin West – Dr Keith Rowley
- Fyzabad – Andre Bernard
- La Brea – Fitzgerald Jeffrey
- La Horquetta/Talparo – Roger Joseph
- Laventille East/Morvant – Donna Cox
- Laventille West – Nyleung Hypolite
- Lopinot/Bon Air – Neil Parsanlal
- Mayaro – Michelle Mischier Boyd
- Naparima – Geeta Rampersad
- Oropouche East – Shafeeq Mohammed
- Oropouche West – Raghunath Mahabir
- Princes Town North – Marlon Mohammed
- Princes Town South/Tableland – Peter Taylor
- Point Fortin – Paula Gopee
- Point-a-Pierre – Christine Kangaloo
- Port of Spain North/St Ann's West- Gary Hunte
- Port of Spain South – Marlene McDonald
- San Fernando East – Patrick Manning
- San Fernando West – Junia Regrello
- Siparia – Lutchman Rampersad
- St Ann's East – Anthony Roberts
- St Augustine – Nadra Nathai-Gyan
- St Joseph – Kennedy Swaratsingh
- Tabaquite – Heeralal Rampertap
- Tobago East – Rennie Dumas
- Tobago West – Stanford Calender
- Toco/Sangre Grande – Indra Sinanan Ojah-Maharaj
- Tunapuna – Ester Le Gendre
COP
edit- Arima – Rodger Dominic Samuel
- Arouca/Maloney – Kathy-Ann Jones
- Barataria/San Juan – Jamal Mohammed
- Caroni Central – Prakash Ramadhar
- Caroni East – Ganga Singh
- Chaguanas East – Nirad Tewarie
- Chaguanas West – Manohar Ramsaran
- Couva North — Hulsie Bhaggan
- Couva South — Devant Maharaj
- Cumuto/Manzanilla – Wendy Lee Yuen
- D’Abadie/O’Meara – Sherwin Alleyne
- Diego Martin Central — Nicole Dyer-Griffith
- Diego Martin North/East – Joe Pires
- Diego Martin West – Rocky Garcia
- Fyzabad – Mahendranath Dhaniram
- La Brea – Gilbert Agard
- La Horquetta/Talparo – Delon Haynes
- Laventille East/Morvant – La Toya Callender
- Laventille West – Arthur Augustine
- Lopinot/Bon Air West — Jerome Chaitan
- Mayaro – Rabindra Moonan
- Naparima – Rekha Ramjit
- Oropouche East – Carol Cuffy-Dowlat
- Oropouche West – Kevin Ratiram
- Princes Town North – Navi Muradali
- Princes Town South/Tableland – Desmond Lambert
- Point Fortin – Selby Wilson
- Pointe-à-Pierre – Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan
- Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann's West – Daniel Solomon
- Port-of-Spain South – Sharon-Ann Gopaul-McNichol
- San Fernando East – Mervyn Assam
- San Fernando West – Marlene Coudray
- Siparia – Govindra Roopnarine
- St. Ann's East – Gary Griffith
- St. Augustine – Winston Dookeran
- St. Joseph – Gillian Lucky
- Tabaquite – Anand Ramlogan
- Toco/Sangre Grande – Lena Brereton Wolffe
- Tunapuna – Clyde Weatherhead
Opinion polls
editA poll conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) and published by the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday in October 2007 showed the Congress of the People ahead of the ruling People's National Movement by 7%.[2]
Another poll from August indicated that the election would be a very close race.[3]
Results
editThe PNM party under the leadership of Patrick Manning won 26 of the 41 seats in Parliament. The UNC-A, under the leadership of Basdeo Panday won the 15 remaining seats. The COP did not win any seats.[4]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| People's National Movement | 300,434 | 45.99 | 26 | +6 | |
| United National Congress–Alliance | 194,968 | 29.85 | 15 | –1 | |
| Congress of the People | 148,345 | 22.71 | 0 | New | |
| Democratic Action Congress | 8,879 | 1.36 | 0 | New | |
| Democratic National Assembly | 378 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 241 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 653,245 | 100.00 | 41 | +5 | |
| Valid votes | 653,245 | 99.60 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,600 | 0.40 | |||
| Total votes | 655,845 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 990,467 | 66.22 | |||
| Source: EBCTT, Caribbean Elections | |||||
Winning candidate by constituency
edit| Constituency | Winner (Party) |
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| Arima | Pennelope Beckles (PNM) |
| Arouca/Maloney | Alicia Hospedales (PNM) |
| Barataria/San Juan | Joseph Ross (PNM) |
| Caroni Central | Hamza Rafeeq (UNCA) |
| Caroni East | Tim Gopeesingh (UNCA) |
| Chaguanas East | Mustapha Abdul-Hamid (PNM) |
| Chaguanas West | Jack Warner (UNCA) |
| Couva North | Basdeo Panday (UNCA) |
| Couva South | Kelvin Ramnath (UNCA) |
| Cumuto/Manzanilla | Harry Partap (UNCA) |
| D'Abadie/O'Meara | Karen Nunez-Tesheira (PNM) |
| Diego Martin Central | Amery Brown (PNM) |
| Diego Martin North/East | Colm Imbert (PNM) |
| Diego Martin West | Keith Rowley (PNM) |
| Fyzabad | Chandresh Sharma (UNCA) |
| La Brea | Fitzgerald Jeffrey (PNM) |
| La Horquetta/Talparo | Roger Joseph (PNM) |
| Laventille East/Morvant | Donna Cox (PNM) |
| Laventille West | Nileung Hypolite (PNM) |
| Lopinot/Bon Air West | Neil Parsanlal (PNM) |
| Mayaro | Winston Peters (UNCA) |
| Naparima | Nizam Baksh (UNCA) |
| Oropouche East | Roodal Moonilal (UNCA) |
| Oropouche West | Mikela Panday (UNCA) |
| Point Fortin | Paula Gopee-Scoon (PNM) |
| Pointe-a-Pierre | Christine Kangaloo (PNM) |
| POS North/St. Anns West | Gary Hunt (PNM) |
| POS South | Marlene Mc Donald (PNM) |
| Princes Town North | Subhas Panday (UNCA) |
| Princes Town South/Tableland | Peter Taylor (PNM) |
| San Fernando East | Patrick Manning (PNM) |
| San Fernado West | Junia Regrello (PNM) |
| Siparia | Kamla Persad-Bissessar (UNCA) |
| St. Anns East | Anthony Roberts (PNM) |
| St. Augustine | Vasant Bharath (UNCA) |
| St. Joseph | Kennedy Swaratsingh (PNM) |
| Tabaquite | Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj (UNCA) |
| Tobago East | Rennie Dumas (PNM) |
| Tobago West | Stanford Callendar (PNM) |
| Toco/Sangre Grande | Indra Ojah-Maharaj (PNM) |
| Tunapuna | Esther Le Gendre (PNM) |
Votes by constituency
edit| Constituency | PNM | UNCA | COP | DNA | TUF/DAC |
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| Arima | 8,603 | 1,224 | 3,464 | ||
| Arouca/Maloney | 12,055 | 1,480 | 2,373 | ||
| Barataria/San Juan | 7,179 | 5,362 | 3,817 | ||
| Caroni Central | 4,579 | 7,615 | 4,400 | ||
| Caroni East | 3,833 | 8,333 | 4,230 | ||
| Chaguanas East | 6,757 | 4,993 | 4,086 | ||
| Chaguanas West | 1,519 | 11,150 | 5,278 | ||
| Couva North | 5,249 | 8,832 | 4,839 | ||
| Couva South | 5,097 | 8,428 | 4,409 | ||
| Cumuto/Manzanilla | 7,124 | 7,368 | 3,183 | ||
| D'Abadie/O'Meara | 8,877 | 2,425 | 3,695 | ||
| Diego Martin Central | 9,301 | 582 | 5,574 | ||
| Diego Martin North/East | 9,349 | 877 | 5,023 | ||
| Diego Martin West | 9,221 | 513 | 5,600 | ||
| Fyzabad | 7,201 | 7,562 | 3,734 | ||
| La Brea | 10,055 | 3,490 | 1,861 | ||
| La Horquetta/Talparo | 8,324 | 3,494 | 2,593 | ||
| Laventille East/Morvant | 11,069 | 1,107 | 1,535 | ||
| Laventille West | 10,637 | 343 | 1,085 | ||
| Lopinot/Bon Air West | 8,535 | 3,907 | 3,190 | ||
| Mayaro | 8,137 | 8,613 | 1,939 | ||
| Naparima | 2,892 | 10,338 | 4,290 | ||
| Oropouche East | 3,081 | 10,156 | 5,489 | ||
| Oropouche West | 3,629 | 8,570 | 4,198 | ||
| Point Fortin | 9,257 | 2,640 | 3,838 | ||
| Point-a-Pierre | 7,505 | 6,189 | 3,664 | ||
| Port of Spain North/St. Ann's West | 8,359 | 305 | 3,644 | ||
| Port of Spain South | 7,823 | 566 | 3,141 | ||
| Princes Town North | 5,298 | 8,231 | 3,824 | ||
| Princes Town South/Tableland | 9,108 | 7,925 | 1,465 | ||
| San Fernando East | 10,320 | 1,630 | 3,054 | ||
| San Fernando West | 7,371 | 2,306 | 4,951 | ||
| Siparia | 4,678 | 10,323 | 3,166 | ||
| St. Ann's East | 10,008 | 1,060 | 3,247 | ||
| St. Augustine | 4,309 | 7,043 | 6,426 | ||
| St. Joseph | 7,969 | 4,932 | 4,144 | ||
| Tabaquite | 5,541 | 7,206 | 5,792 | ||
| Tobago East | 5,684 | 237 | 148 | 4,703 | |
| Tobago West | 6,850 | 471 | 230 | 4,176 | |
| Toco/Sangre Grande | 9,557 | 3,864 | 3,214 | ||
| Tunapuna | 8,494 | 3,986 | 4,182 | ||
| Total | 300,434 | 194,968 | 148,345 | 378 | 8,879 |
The UNC-Alliance did not run for any seats in Tobago.
References
edit- ^ "Trinidad PM announces Nov. 5 elections". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
- ^ "COP riding high". Newsday. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
- ^ "Close Race Developing in Trinidad & Tobago". Angus Reid. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
- ^ "Elections 2007: Trinidad Prime Minister Patrick Manning holds on to power". Breaking News. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2007.