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The United National Congress (UNC) under the leadership of Basdeo Panday also won 17 seats and formed a coalition government with the National Alliance for Reconstruction which had won the remaining two seats. The PNM was further weakened when two MPs resigned from the party and threw their support behind the UNC government.
The United National Congress (abbr. UNC or UNCTT) is one of two major political parties in Trinidad and Tobago and the current parliamentary opposition. The UNC is a centre-left party. [ 23 ] It was founded in 1989 by Basdeo Panday , a Trinidadian lawyer, economist, trade unionist, and actor after a split in the ruling National Alliance for ...
The PNM was the only party to contest all 41 seats, and only two other parties contested more than half the seats; the United National Congress ran in 28 and the ILP in 26. The COP ran in eight seats, the Laventille Outreach for Vertical Enrichment, the NJAC, New National Vision and Trinidad Humanity Campaign all contested three seats, whilst ...
The results saw the PNM and the United National Congress both win 17 seats. Although they had received fewer votes, the UNC was able to form a coalition with the two-seat National Alliance for Reconstruction, allowing UNC leader Basdeo Panday to become the country's first Prime Minister of Indian descent. [3] Voter turnout was 63.3%. [2]
The 2007 general elections awarded 26 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives to the People's National Movement (PNM) and 15 to the United National Congress-Alliance (UNC-A). Despite receiving almost 23% of the votes cast, the Congress of the People (COP) received no seats.
The People's National Movement (PNM) and the United National Congress (UNC) are the two biggest political parties, and have supplied every Prime Minister since 1991. The PNM has governed Trinidad and Tobago from 1956–86, 1991–95, and 2001 to 2010, and currently serves as the government since 2015. The UNC governed from 1995-2001 and from ...
The Elections and Boundaries Commission recorded the highest voter turnout in history for a local government election. [2] Eight municipal corporations were won by the opposition People's National Movement, five municipal corporations were won by the ruling People's Partnership, and the Chaguanas Municipal Corporation was divided 3-3-2 between PNM, UNC and ILP respectively.
PNM UNC Other Arima: PNM 7: 6 1 Chaguanas: UNC 8: 1 7 Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo: UNC 14: 0 14 Diego Martin: PNM 10: 10 0 Mayaro–Rio Claro: UNC 6: 1 5 Penal–Debe: UNC 10: 0 10 Point Fortin: PNM 6: 6 0 Port of Spain: PNM 12: 12 0 Princes Town: UNC 10: 0 10 San Fernando: PNM 9: 6 3 San Juan–Laventille: PNM 14: 12 2 Sangre Grande: UNC 8: 3 ...