1995 Trinidad and Tobago general election

1995 Trinidad and Tobago general election
6 November 1995 (1995-11-06)
All 36 seats in the House of Representatives
19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63.30% ( 2.16pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Patrick Manning Basdeo Panday A. N. R. Robinson
Party PNM UNC NAR
Last election 45.07%, 21 seats 29.20%, 13 seats 24.62%, 2 seats
Seats won 17 17 2
Seat change 4 4
Popular vote 256,159 240,372 24,983
Percentage 48.76% 45.76% 4.76%
Swing 3.69pp 16.56pp 19.86pp
Prime Minister before election

Patrick Manning
People's National Movement

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Basdeo Panday
United National Congress

Early general elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 6 November 1995, after the ruling People's National Movement had seen its majority reduced to a single seat due to a defection and a lost by-election. 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. Voter turnout was 63.3%.

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