2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election

none October 2020 Trinidad and Tobago parliamentary 2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election 2002 2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election 2010 All 41 seats in the House of Representatives 21 66.22% ( 3.42pp) 5 November 2007 Patrick Manning 2008 (cropped).jpg Patrick Manning People's National Movement 50.89%, 20 seats 26 6 300,434 45.99% Basdeo Panday with Mikko Pyhälä (Ambassador of Finland) (cropped).jpg Basdeo Panday United National Congress 46.87%, 16 seats 15 1 194,968 29.85% Winston Dookeran (cropped).jpg Winston Dookeran Congress of the People (Trinidad and Tobago) N/A 0 N/A 148,345 22.71% 2007 trinidad and tobago general election with inset.png Results by constituency Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Patrick Manning People's National Movement Patrick Manning People's National Movement General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 5 November 2007.http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/28/news/CB-GEN-Trinidad-Elections.php Trinidad PM announces Nov. 5 elections 2007-11-06 International Herald Tribune 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. Candidates +ConstituencyUNCAPNMCOPArimaWayne RodriguezPennelope Beckles-RobinsonRodger Dominic SamuelArouca/MaloneyDianne Bishop-BajnathAlicia HospedalesKathy-Ann JonesBarataria/San JuanNazeemool MohammedJoseph RossJamal MohammedCaroni CentralHamza RafeeqShivanand NarinesinghPrakash RamadharCaroni EastTim GopeesinghHarold RamoutarGanga SinghChaguanas EastKirk MeighooMustapha Abdul-HamidNirad TewarieChaguanas WestAustin Jack WarnerFrankie RanjitsinghManohar RamsaranCouva NorthBasdeo PandayNal RamsinghHulsie BhagganCouva SouthKelvin RamnathNaim AliDevant MaharajCumuto/ManzanillaHarry PartapLennox SirjusinghWendy Lee YuenD'Abadie/O'MearaKaren Nunez TesheiraSherwin AlleyneDiego Martin WestDaphne PhillipsAmery BrowneRocky GarciaDiego Martin CentralSteve AlvarezColm ImbertNicole Dyer-GriffithDiego Martin North/EastAndy WilliamsKeith RowleyJoe PiresFyzabadChandresh SharmaAndre BernardMahendranath DhaniramLa BreaRavi RatiramFitzgerald JeffreyGilbert AgardLa Horquetta/TalparoJennifer Jones-KernahanRoger JosephDelon HaynesLaventille East/MorvantLennox SmithDonna CoxLa Toya CallenderLaventille WestJuliet DavyNiLeung HypoliteArthur AugustineLopinot/Bon Air WestPrakash WilliamsNeil ParsanlalJerome ChaitanMayaroWinston "Gypsy" PetersMichelle Mischier BoydRabindra MoonanNaparimaNizam BakshGeeta RampersadRekha RamjitOropouche EastRoodal MoonilalShafeeq MohammedCarol Cuffy-DowlatOropouche WestMickela PandayRaghunath MahabirKevin RatiramPoint FortinFitzroy BeachePaula GopeeSelby WilsonPointe-a-PierreWade MarkChristine KangalooCarolyn Seepersad-BachanPort of Spain North/St Ann's WestGary HunteDaniel SolomonPort of Spain SouthAnthony SammyMarlene McDonaldSharon-Ann Gopaul-McNicholPrinces Town NorthMarlon MohammedNavi MuradaliPrinces Town South/TablelandClifton De CoteauPeter TaylorDesmond LambertSan Fernando EastRamesh KarapanPatrick ManningMervyn AssamSan Fernando WestBishop Jankee RaghunananJunia RegrelloMarlene CoudraySipariaKamla Persad-BissessarLutchman RampersadGovindra RoopnarineSt. Ann's EastTricia MoraldoAnthony RobertsGary GriffithSt. AugustineVasant BharathNadra Nathai-GyanWinston DookeranSt. JosephCarson CharlesKennedy SwaratsinghGillian LuckyTabaquiteRamesh MaharajHeeralal RampartapAnand RamloganTobago EastRennie DumasTobago WestStanford CallenderToco/Sangre GrandeKeshore SatramIndra Sinanan Ojah-MaharajLena Brereton WolffeTunapunaChristine Newallo-HoseinEsther Le GendreClyde Weatherhead Opinion polls A 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%.http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,66008.html COP riding high 2007-11-06 Newsday Another poll from August indicated that the election would be a very close race.http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/28295/close_race_developing_in_trinidad_tobago Close Race Developing in Trinidad & Tobago 2007-11-06 Angus Reid https://web.archive.org/web/20071011030735/http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/28295/close_race_developing_in_trinidad_tobago 2007-10-11 usurped 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 won the 15 remaining seats. The COP did not win any seats.http://news.bn.gs/article.php?story=20071106005957293 Elections 2007: Trinidad Prime Minister Patrick Manning holds on to power 2007-11-06 Breaking News https://web.archive.org/web/20071109162742/http://news.bn.gs/article.php?story=20071106005957293 2007-11-09 dead File:Trinité-et-Tobago Chambre des représentants 2007.svg People's National Movement 300434 26 +6 United National Congress–Alliance 194968 15 –1 Congress of the People 148345 0 New Democratic Action Congress 8879 0 New Democratic National Assembly 378 0 New Independents 241 0 0 +5 2600 990467 EBCTT, Caribbean Elections Winning candidate by constituency Constituency Winner (Party) 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 Browne (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 Mickela Panday (UNCA) Point Fortin Paula Gopee-Scoon (PNM) Pointe-a-Pierre Christine Kangaloo (PNM) Port of Spain North/St. Anns West Gary Hunt (PNM) Port of Spain South Marlene McDonald (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 Maharaj (UNCA) Tobago East Rennie Dumas (PNM) Tobago West Stanford Callender (PNM) Toco/Sangre Grande Indra Sinanan Ojah-Maharaj (PNM) Tunapuna Esther Le Gendre (PNM) Votes by constituency ConstituencyPNMUNCACOPDNATUF/DACArima8,6031,2243,464 Arouca/Maloney12,0551,4802,373 Barataria/San Juan7,1795,3623,817 Caroni Central4,5797,6154,400 Caroni East3,8338,3334,230 Chaguanas East6,7574,9934,086 Chaguanas West1,51911,1505,278 Couva North5,2498,8324,839 Couva South5,0978,4284,409 Cumuto/Manzanilla7,1247,3683,183 D'Abadie/O'Meara8,8772,4253,695 Diego Martin Central9,3015825,574 Diego Martin North/East9,3498775,023 Diego Martin West9,2215135,600 Fyzabad7,2017,5623,734 La Brea10,0553,4901,861 La Horquetta/Talparo8,3243,4942,593 Laventille East/Morvant11,0691,1071,535 Laventille West10,6373431,085 Lopinot/Bon Air West8,5353,9073,190 Mayaro8,1378,6131,939 Naparima2,89210,3384,290 Oropouche East3,08110,1565,489 Oropouche West3,6298,5704,198 Point Fortin9,2572,6403,838 Pointe-a-Pierre7,5056,1893,664 Port of Spain North/St. Anns West8,3593053,644 Port of Spain South7,8235663,141 Princes Town North5,2988,2313,824 Princes Town South/Tableland9,1087,9251,465 San Fernando East10,3201,6303,054 San Fernado West7,3712,3064,951 Siparia4,67810,3233,166 St. Anns East10,0081,0603,247 St. Augustine4,3097,0436,426 St. Joseph7,9694,9324,144 Tabaquite5,5417,2065,792 Tobago East5,6842371484,703Tobago West6,8504712304,176Toco/Sangre Grande9,5573,8643,214 Tunapuna8,4943,9864,182 Total300,434194,968148,3453788,879 The UNC-Alliance did not run for any seats in Tobago. 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