General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 15 December 1986.[1] The result was a victory for the National Alliance for Reconstruction, which won 33 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 65.5%.[2]
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Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Alliance for Reconstruction | 380,029 | 66.29 | 33 | +23 | |
| People's National Movement | 183,635 | 32.03 | 3 | –23 | |
| National Joint Action Committee | 8,592 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | |
| People's Popular Movement | 796 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 211 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 573,263 | 100.00 | 36 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 573,263 | 99.30 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,037 | 0.70 | |||
| Total votes | 577,300 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 882,029 | 65.45 | |||
| Source: EBCTT, Nohlen | |||||
Elected members
edit| Constituency | NAR | PNM |
|---|---|---|
| Arima | Gloria Pollard | |
| Arouca North | Rawle Raphael | |
| Arouca South | Gloria Henry | |
| Barataria/San Juan | Kenneth Butcher | |
| Caroni East | Bhoe Tewarie | |
| Chaguanas | Winston Dookeran | |
| Couva North | Basdeo Panday | |
| Couva South | Kelvin Ramnath | |
| Diego Martin Central | Leo Des-Vignes | |
| Diego Martin East | Anthony Smart | |
| Diego Martin West | Margaret Hector | |
| Fyzabad | Arthur Sanderson | |
| La Brea | Albert Richards | |
| Laventille | Muriel Donawa-McDavidson | |
| Naparima | Raymond Roy Palackdharry Singh | |
| Nariva | Brinsley Samaroo | |
| Oropouche | Trevor Sudama | |
| Ortoire/Mayaro | Selwyn Richardson | |
| Point Fortin | Selby Wilson | |
| Pointe-à-Pierre | Oswald Hemlee | |
| Port-of-Spain East | Morris Marshall | |
| Port-of-Spain West | Jenson Christopher Fox | |
| Port-of-Spain South | Theodore Guerra | |
| Princes Town | Jennifer Johnson | |
| San Fernando East | Patrick Manning | |
| San Fernando West | Anselm St. George | |
| Siparia | Govindra Roopnarine | |
| St Ann's East | Lincoln Myers | |
| St Ann's West | Eden Shand | |
| St Augustine | John Humphery | |
| St Joseph | Carson Charles | |
| Tabaquite | Nizam Mohammed | |
| Tobago East | Arthur N.R. Robinson | |
| Tobago West | Pamela Nicholson | |
| Toco/Manzanilla | Joseph Toney | |
| Tunapuna | Emanuel Hosein |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p641