Indirect presidential elections were held in

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on 11 February 2008. The incumbent George Maxwell Richards was expected to be reelected after being approved as the only nominee by 15 MPs on 4 February 2008. The election was held through an electoral college consisting of a joint sitting of the two houses of

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consisting of 73 representatives, and Richards was reelected as expected.Jamaica Gleaner News - Richards re-elected Trinidad president - Tuesday , February 12, 2008
The

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party nominated no candidate, in part as a protest to a foregone conclusion of the result and a boycott of the process.

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2008 elections in the Caribbean

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