1995 Trinidad and Tobago general election information
1995 Trinidad and Tobago general election
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6 November 1995 (1995-11-06)
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All 36 seats in the House of Representatives 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
63.30% ( 2.16pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Patrick Manning
Basdeo Panday
A. N. R. Robinson
Party
PNM
UNC
NAR
Last election
45.07%, 21 seats
29.20%, 13 seats
24.62%, 2 seats
Seats won
17
17
2
Seat change
4
4
Popular vote
256,159
240,372
24,983
Percentage
48.76%
45.76%
4.76%
Swing
3.69pp
16.56pp
19.86pp
Prime Minister before election
Patrick Manning
People's National Movement
Subsequent Prime Minister
Basdeo Panday
United National Congress
Early general elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 6 November 1995,[1] after the ruling People's National Movement had seen its majority reduced to a single seat due to a defection and a lost by-election.[2] The results saw the PNM and the United National Congress both win 17 seats. Although they had received fewer votes, the UNC was able to form a coalition with the two-seat National Alliance for Reconstruction, allowing UNC leader Basdeo Panday to become the country's first Prime Minister of Indian descent.[3] Voter turnout was 63.3%.[2]
^Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ abNohlen, p641
^Nohlen, p631
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