Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2007

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 5 November, 2007. [cite web |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/28/news/CB-GEN-Trinidad-Elections.php |title=Trinidad PM announces Nov. 5 elections |accessdate=2007-11-06 |publisher=International Herald Tribune ] Nomination day was 15 October.

The parties contesting the election were the incumbent 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 (a UNC splinter group), the Tobago United Front–Democratic Action Congress (a Tobago-based party) and the Democratic National Assembly (a new party based in Tobago). Also contesting were five independent candidates.

Predictions

A poll conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) and published by the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday in October 2007 shows the Congress of the People ahead of the ruling People's National Movement by 7%. [cite web |url=http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,66008.html |title=COP riding high |accessdate=2007-11-06 |publisher=Newsday ]

Another poll from August indicated that the election will be a very close race. [cite web |url=http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/28295/close_race_developing_in_trinidad_tobago |title=Close Race Developing in Trinidad & Tobago |accessdate=2007-11-06 |publisher=Angus Reid ]

Results

The 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 and Jack Warner, won the 15 remaining seats. The COP did not win any seats. [cite web |url=http://news.bn.gs/article.php?story=20071106005957293 |title=Elections 2007: Trinidad Prime Minister Patrick Manning holds on to power |accessdate=2007-11-06 |publisher=Breaking News ]

Constituencies

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Detailed Results

The UNC-Alliance did not run for any seats in Tobago.

United National Congress Alliance's Candidates

* Arima - Wayne Rodriguez * Arouca/Maloney - Dianne Bishop-Bajnath * Barataria / San Juan - Nazeemool Mohammed * Caroni East - Dr. 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 - Dr. 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 - Dr 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 - Dr. Carson Charles * Tabaquite - Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj * Toco - Sangre Grande - Keshore Satram * Tunapuna - Christine Newallo

People's National Movement Candidates

* 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- Dr 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- Dr 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

Congress of the People Candidates

* Rodger Dominic Samuel — Arima * Rekha Ramjit — Naparima * Nirad Tewarie — Chaguanas East * Devant Maharaj — Couva South * Dr Lena Brereton Wolffe — Toco/Sangre Grande * Ganga Singh — Caroni East * Arthur Augustine — Laventille West * La Toya Callender — Laventille East/Morvant * Rabindra Moonan — Mayaro * Rocky Garcia — Diego Martin West * Dr Sharon-Ann Gopaul-McNichol — Port-of-Spain South * Mahendranath Dhaniram — Fyzabad * Prakash Ramadhar — Caroni Central * Dr Navi MUradali — Princes Town North * Carol Cuffy Dowlat —Oropouche East * Selby Wilson — Point Fortin * Kevin Ratiram — Oropouche West * Gilbert Agard — La Brea * Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan — Pointe-à-Pierre * Joe Pires — Diego Martin North East * Kathy-Ann Jones — Arouca/Maloney * Jamal Mohammed — San Juan/Barataria * Manohar Ramsaran — Chaguanas West * Nicole Dyer-Griffith — Diego Martin Central * Desmond Lambert — Princes Town South/Tableland * Wendy Lee Yuen — Cumuto/Manzanilla * Daniel Solomon — Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s West * Govindra Roopnarine — Siparia * Clyde Weatherhead — Tunapuna * Hulsie Bhaggan — Couva North * Sherwin Alleyne — D’Abadie/O’Meara * Jerome Chaitan — Lopinot/Bon Air West * Gary Griffith — St Ann’s East * Delon Haynes — La Horquetta/Talparo * Gillian Lucky — St Joseph * Anand Ramlogan — Tabaquite * Winston Dookeran — St Augustine

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