General election in Trinidad and Tobago
1986 Trinidad and Tobago general election
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← 1981 | 15 December 1986 (1986-12-15) | 1991 → |
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All 36 seats in the House of Representatives 19 seats needed for a majority |
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Turnout | 65.5 ( 9.7 pp) |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Leader | A. N. R. Robinson | George Chambers | Party | NAR | PNM | Leader since | 1986 | 30 March 1981 | Leader's seat | Tobago East | St. Ann's East (lost seat) | Last election | 10 seats, 43.4% | 26 seats, 32.0% | Seats won | | | Seat change | 23 | 23 | Popular vote | 380,029 | 183,635 | Percentage | 66.3% | 32.0% | Swing | 22.9 pp | 20.9 pp | |
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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 15 December 1986.[1] The result was a victory for the National Alliance for Reconstruction, which won 33 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 65.5%.[2]
Results
Elected members
Constituency | NAR | PNM |
Arima | Gloria Pollard | |
Arouca North | Rawle Raphael | |
Arouca South | Gloria Henry | |
Barataria/San Juan | Kenneth Butcher | |
Caroni East | Bhoe Tewarie | |
Chaguanas | Winston Dookeran | |
Couva North | Basdeo Panday | |
Couva South | Kelvin Ramnath | |
Diego Martin Central | Leo Des-Vignes | |
Diego Martin East | Anthony Smart | |
Diego Martin West | Margaret Hector | |
Fyzabad | Arthur Sanderson | |
La Brea | Albert Richards | |
Laventille | | Muriel Donawa-McDavidson |
Naparima | Raymond Roy Palackdharry Singh | |
Nariva | Brinsley Samaroo | |
Oropouche | Trevor Sudama | |
Ortoire/Mayaro | Selwyn Richardson | |
Point Fortin | Selby Wilson | |
Pointe-à-Pierre | Oswald Hemlee | |
Port-of-Spain East | | Morris Marshall |
Port-of-Spain West | Jenson Christopher Fox | |
Port-of-Spain South | Theodore Guerra | |
Princes Town | Jennifer Johnson | |
San Fernando East | | Patrick Manning |
San Fernando West | Anselm St. George | |
Siparia | Govindra Roopnarine | |
St Ann's East | Lincoln Myers | |
St Ann's West | Eden Shand | |
St Augustine | John Humphery | |
St Joseph | Carson Charles | |
Tabaquite | Nizam Mohammed | |
Tobago East | Arthur N.R. Robinson | |
Tobago West | Pamela Nicholson | |
Toco/Manzanilla | Joseph Toney | |
Tunapuna | Emanuel Hosein | |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p641