General elections were held in

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on 5 November 2007. Nomination day was 15 October. Five parties contested the elections; the ruling

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, the official opposition

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–Alliance (a coalition of the UNC and six smaller parties), the Congress of the People, the

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United Front–

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(a Tobago-based party) and the Democratic National Assembly (a new party based in Tobago). Five independent candidates also ran.

Opinion polls

A poll conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) and published by the

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in October 2007 showed the Congress of the People ahead of the ruling

by 7%. Another poll from August indicated that the election would be a very close race.

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

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won the 15 remaining seats. The COP did not win any seats.

Winning candidate by constituency

Votes by constituency

The UNC-Alliance did not run for any seats in Tobago.

Candidates

UNCA

* Arima – Wayne Rodriguez * Arouca/Maloney – Dianne Bishop-Bajnath * Barataria / San Juan – Nazeemool Mohammed * Caroni East – Tim Gopeesingh * Chaguanas East – Kirk Meighoo * Chaguanas West – Austin Jack Warner * Couva North –

* Couva South – Kelvin Ramnath * Cumuto / Manzanilla – Harry Partap * Diego Martin West – Daphne Phillips * Diego Martin Central – Steve Alvarez * Diego Martin North / East – Andy Williams * Fyzabad – Chandresh Sharma * La Brea –

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* La Horquetta – Talparo – Jennifer Jones-Kernahan * Laventille East – Morvant – Lennox Smith * Laventille West – Juliet Davy * Lopinot – Bon Air West – Prakash Williams * Mayaro – Winston "Gypsy" Peters * Naparima – Nizam Baksh * Oropouche East – Roodal Moonilal * Oropouche West – Mickela Panday * Point Fortin – Fitzroy Beache * Pointe-a-Pierre – Wade Mark * Port of Spain South – Anthony Sammy * Princes Town South – Tableland – Clifton De Coteau * San Fernando East – Ramesh Karapan * San Fernando West – Bishop Jankee Raghunanan * Siparia – Kamla Persad-Bissessar * St. Ann's East – Tricia Moraldo * St. Augustine – Vasant Bharath * St. Joseph – Carson Charles * Tabaquite – Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj * Toco – Sangre Grande – Keshore Satram * Tunapuna – Christine Newallo

PNM

* Arima-

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* Arouca/Maloney – Alicia Hospedales * Barataria/San Juan – Joseph Ross * Caroni Central – Shivanand Narinesingh * Caroni East – Harold Ramoutar * Chaguanas East – Mustapha Abdul – Hamid * Chaguanas West – Frankie Ranjitsingh * Couva North – Nal Ramsingh * Couva South – Naim Ali * Cumuto/Manzanilla – Lennox Sirjusingh * D'Abadie/O'Meara – Karen Nunez Tesheira * Diego Martin Central – Amery Browne * Diego Martin North/East –

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* Diego Martin West – Dr Keith Rowley * Fyzabad – Andre Bernard * La Brea – Fitzgerald Jeffrey * La Horquetta/Talparo – Roger Joseph * Laventille East/Morvant – Donna Cox * Laventille West – Nyleung Hypolite * Lopinot/Bon Air – Neil Parsanlal * Mayaro – Michelle Mischier Boyd * Naparima – Geeta Rampersad * Oropouche East – Shafeeq Mohammed * Oropouche West – Raghunath Mahabir * Princes Town North – Marlon Mohammed * Princes Town South/Tableland – Peter Taylor * Point Fortin – Paula Gopee * Point-a-Pierre –

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* Port of Spain North/St Ann's West- Gary Hunte * Port of Spain South – Marlene McDonald * San Fernando East – Patrick Manning * San Fernando West – Junia Regrello * Siparia – Lutchman Rampersad * St Ann's East – Anthony Roberts * St Augustine – Nadra Nathai-Gyan * St Joseph – Kennedy Swaratsingh * Tabaquite – Heeralal Rampertap * Tobago East – Rennie Dumas * Tobago West – Stanford Calender * Toco/Sangre Grande – Indra Sinanan Ojah-Maharaj * Tunapuna – Ester Le Gendre

COP

* TOBAGO EAST – Seeking Candidate name 234 votes * TOBAGO WEST – Seeking Candidate name 471 votes * Rodger Dominic Samuel — Arima * Rekha Ramjit — Naparima * Nirad Tewarie — Chaguanas East * Devant Maharaj — Couva South * Lena Brereton Wolffe — Toco/Sangre Grande * Ganga Singh — Caroni East * Arthur Augustine — Laventille West * La Toya Callender — Laventille East/Morvant * Rabindra Moonan — Mayaro * Rocky Garcia — Diego Martin West * Sharon-Ann Gopaul-McNichol — Port-of-Spain South * Mahendranath Dhaniram — Fyzabad * Prakash Ramadhar — Caroni Central * Navi MUradali — Princes Town North * Carol Cuffy-Dowlat —Oropouche East * Selby Wilson — Point Fortin * Kevin Ratiram — Oropouche West * Gilbert Agard — La Brea * Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan — Pointe-à-Pierre * Joe Pires — Diego Martin North East * Kathy-Ann Jones — Arouca/Maloney * Jamal Mohammed — San Juan/Barataria * Manohar Ramsaran — Chaguanas West * Nicole Dyer-Griffith — Diego Martin Central * Desmond Lambert — Princes Town South/Tableland * Wendy Lee Yuen — Cumuto/Manzanilla * Daniel Solomon — Port-of-Spain North/St Ann's West * Govindra Roopnarine — Siparia * Clyde Weatherhead — Tunapuna * Hulsie Bhaggan — Couva North * Sherwin Alleyne — D’Abadie/O’Meara * Jerome Chaitan — Lopinot/Bon Air West * Gary Griffith — St Ann's East * Delon Haynes — La Horquetta/Talparo * Gillian Lucky — St Joseph * Anand Ramlogan — Tabaquite *

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— St Augustine * Marlene Coudray – San Fernando West * Mervyn Assam – San Fernando East

References

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