2000 Trinidad and Tobago general election information
General election in Trinidad and Tobago
2000 Trinidad and Tobago general election
← 1995
11 December 2000 (2000-12-11)
2001 →
All 36 seats in the House of Representatives 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
63.1 ( 02 pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Basdeo Panday
Patrick Manning
Anthony Smart
Party
UNC
PNM
NAR
Leader since
30 April 1989
19 December 1986
1971
Leader's seat
Couva North
San Fernando East
Did not contest
Last election
17 seats, 45.8%
17 seats, 48.8%
2 seats, 4.8%
Seats won
19 / 36
16 / 36
1 / 36
Seat change
2
1
1
Popular vote
307,791
276,334
7,409
Percentage
51.7%
46.5%
1.2%
Swing
5.9 pp
2.3 pp
3.6 pp
Prime Minister before election
Basdeo Panday
United National Congress
Subsequent Prime Minister
Basdeo Panday
United National Congress
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 11 December 2000.[1] The result was a victory for the United National Congress, which won 19 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 63.1%.[2]
^Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^Nohlen, p641
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