2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election information
2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election
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24 May 2010 (2010-05-24)
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All 41 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout
69.88% ( 3.66pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Patrick Manning
Party
UNC
PNM
Alliance
PP
Last election
29.85%, 15 seats
45.99%, 26 seats
Seats won
21
12
Seat change
6
14
Popular vote
316,600
287,458
Percentage
43.72%
39.70%
Swing
13.87pp
6.29pp
Third party
Fourth party
TOP
Leader
Winston Dookeran
Ashworth Jack
Party
COP
TOP
Alliance
PP
PP
Last election
22.71%, 0 seats
–
Seats won
6
2
Seat change
6
New
Popular vote
102,265
15,371
Percentage
14.12%
2.12%
Swing
8.59pp
New
Prime Minister before election
Patrick Manning
PNM
Subsequent Prime Minister
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
UNC/PP
Politics of Trinidad and Tobago
Government
President (list)
Christine Kangaloo
Prime Minister
Keith Rowley
Parliament
Senate
President
Nigel de Freitas
House of Representatives
Speaker
Bridgid Annisette-George
Leader of the Opposition
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
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Supreme Court
Chief Justice: Ivor Archie
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Farley Chavez Augustine
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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 24 May 2010. The date of the general elections was announced by Prime Minister Patrick Manning on April 16, 2010, via a press release. The election was called over two years earlier than required by law.[1] Polls showing that the UNC-led opposition coalition was likely to win the election were confirmed by the subsequent results.[2]
With preliminary results showing the People's Partnership coalition likely to win a majority of 29 out of a possible 41 seats, Patrick Manning conceded defeat on election night.[3] The final outcome has the People's Partnership winning 29 seats, and the PNM winning 12 seats. As a consequence of the People's Partnership's win, Kamla Persad-Bissessar of the People's Partnership coalition was elected Trinidad and Tobago's first female prime minister.
In 2015 former minister and international football executive Jack Warner alleged financial connections between himself, world football and the conduct of the 2010 general election.
^"Trinidad and Tobago sets early election May 24". Reuters. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
^"Coalition Win Predicted in Trinidad and Tobago: Angus Reid Global Monitor". Angus-reid.com. 2010-05-19. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
^"Trinidad And Tobago PM Patrick Manning Concedes Defeat In Snap Vote – WSJ.com". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
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