2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election

2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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All 41 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout66.84%
  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 Increase11 Decrease4 Decrease5
Popular vote 378,447 290,066 43,991
Percentage 51.68% 39.61% 6.01%
Swing Increase 12.0 pp Decrease 4.1 pp Decrease 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)

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]