A local election for 12 seats in the

Tobago House of Assembly The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) is a unicameral devolved legislative body responsible for the island of Tobago within the unitary state of Trinidad and Tobago. The THA was re-established in 1980

was held on 21 January 2013. The election was a clean sweep by the

Tobago Council of the People's National Movement The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement (PNM), also known as the Tobago Council of the PNM, PNM Tobago or PNM Tobago Council is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Tobago. The party is the autonomous branch of t ...

, winning all 12 seats in the

, the only time this feat has ever been accomplished in

elections in Trinidad and Tobago Elections in Trinidad and Tobago gives information on election and election results in Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago (located in the Caribbean) elects on national level a House of Representatives (the Lower House of its legislature). T ...

Political Parties

People's National Movement The People's National Movement (PNM) is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party has dominated national and local politics for much of Trinidad and Tobago's history, contesting all elections sinc ...

– PNM *

Tobago Organisation of the People The Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) is an autonomist political party in Tobago formed in 2008. Its current political leader is Ashworth Jack. The party was formed in 2008 from a split with the Democratic Action Congress. The TOP contested ...

– TOP *The Platform of Truth – TPT

Results

* PNM: 12 seats *TOP: 0 seats *TPT: 0 seats The TOP secured 11,870 votes in the election while the PNM won overwhelmingly with 19,976 votes. The TPT gathered 675. 136 votes were rejected.

Vote count

Votes cast to the party listed by Constituencies:

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150911021239/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/official_THA_election_results-188301641.html

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