2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election

2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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All 41 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	66.84%
First party Second party Third party   COP Leader Keith Rowley Kamla Persad-Bissessar Prakash Ramadhar Party PNM UNC COP Alliance PP PP Leader since 26 May 2010 24 January 2010 3 July 2011 Leader's seat Diego Martin West Siparia St. Augustine Last election 12 seats, 39.5% 21 seats, 43.7% 6 seats, 14.12% Seats won 23 / 41 17 / 41 1 / 41 Seat change 11 4 5 Popular vote 378,447 290,066 43,991 Percentage 51.68% 39.61% 6.01% Swing 12.0 pp 4.1 pp 8.1 pp
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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Government President (list) Christine Kangaloo Prime Minister Keith Rowley
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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]