Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2015

Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2015

2010 ← 7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)

All 41 seats to the House of Representatives   First party Second party   Leader Keith Rowley Kamla Persad-Bissessar Party PNM UNC Alliance People's Partnership Leader since 2010 Leader's seat Diego Martin West Siparia Last election 12 seats, 39.5% 29 seats, 59.8% Seats before 13 27 Seats won 23 18 Seat change 11 11

Prime Minister before election Kamla Persad-Bissessar People's Partnership Subsequent Prime Minister Keith Rowley People's National Movement

Kamla Persad-Bissessar
People's Partnership

Keith Rowley
People's National Movement

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 7 September 2015. The date of the general elections was announced by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on 13 June 2015. The result was a victory for the opposition People's National Movement, which received 52% of the vote and won 23 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives.

The 2010 general elections were won by the People's Partnership (PP) coalition, an alliance of the United National Congress (UNC), the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC), the Congress of the People (COP) and the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP). The PP took 29 of the 41 seats, with the People's National Movement (PNM) winning the other 12. Prior to the 2015 general elections, two by-elections were held in St Joseph and Chaguanas West, which saw the seats held by the PP won by the PNM and Independent Liberal Party (ILP) respectively.

The 41 elected members of the House of Representatives were elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post. A total of 2,199 polling stations were used.

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