2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election

2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election
5 November 2007
All 41 seats in the House of Representatives
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.22% ( 3.42pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Patrick Manning Basdeo Panday Winston Dookeran
Party PNM UNC COP
Last election 50.89%, 20 seats 46.87%, 16 seats N/A
Seats won 26 15 0
Seat change 6 1 N/A
Popular vote 300,434 194,968 148,345
Percentage 45.99% 29.85% 22.71%
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Patrick Manning
PNM

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Patrick Manning
PNM

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 5 November 2007. Nomination day was 15 October. Five parties contested the elections; the ruling People's National Movement, the official opposition United National Congress–Alliance (a coalition of the UNC and six smaller parties), the Congress of the People, the Tobago United Front–Democratic Action Congress (a Tobago-based party) and the Democratic National Assembly (a new party based in Tobago). Five independent candidates also ran.

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