Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2009 Tobago House of Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 2009 |
Next Election: | 2017 Tobago House of Assembly election |
Next Year: | 2017 |
Seats For Election: | All 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 7 |
Turnout: | 70.08% (13.69 pp) |
Election Date: | 21 January 2013 |
Image1: | Orville London (cropped).jpg |
Leader Since1: | 1998 |
Leaders Seat1: | Scarborough/Calder Hall |
Party1: | Tobago Council of the People's National Movement |
Last Election1: | 8 seats, 51.48% |
Seats1: | 12 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 19,976 |
Percentage1: | 61.42% |
Swing1: | 9.94 pp |
Chief Secretary | |
Before Election: | Orville London |
Before Party: | PNM |
After Election: | Orville London |
After Party: | PNM |
A local election for 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly was held on 21 January 2013. The election was a clean sweep by the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement, winning all 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly, the only time this feat has ever been accomplished in elections in Trinidad and Tobago.
12 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.
Votes cast to the party listed by Constituencies:[1]
Constituency | Tobago Organisation of the People | People's National Movement | The Platform of Truth | Invalid ballots | Total | Electorate | Turnout | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parlatuvier/L' Anse Fourmi/Speyside | 1,175 | 1,478 | 24 | 11 | 2,688 | 3,512 | 76.54% | |
Goodwood/Belle Garden West | 1,251 | 1,587 | 50 | 24 | 2,912 | 3,959 | 73.55% | |
Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford | 1,198 | 1,420 | 19 | 7 | 2,644 | 3,624 | 72.96% | |
Scarborough/Calder Hall | 778 | 1,830 | 50 | 6 | 2,664 | 3,938 | 67.65 | |
Lambeau/Signal Hill | 783 | 1,953 | 47 | 15 | 2,798 | 4,117 | 67.96% | |
Bacolet/Mt. St. George | 905 | 1,518 | 42 | 5 | 2,470 | 3,505 | 70.47% | |
Canaan/Bon Accord | 905 | 1,564 | 50 | 14 | 2,533 | 3,774 | 67.12% | |
Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant | 856 | 1,802 | 33 | 7 | 2,698 | 4,041 | 66.77% | |
Bethel/Mt Irvine: | 1,116 | 1,617 | 58 | 9 | 2,800 | 4,058 | 69.00% | |
Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah | 1,129 | 1,706 | 61 | 12 | 2,908 | 4,084 | 71.20% | |
Plymouth/Golden Lane | 849 | 1,600 | 174 | 16 | 2,639 | 3,701 | 71.31% | |
Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden | 925 | 1,901 | 67 | 10 | 2,903 | 4,288 | 67.70% | |
Total | 11,870 | 19,976 | 675 | 136 | 32,657 | 46,601 | 70.08% | |
36.50% | 61.42% | 2.08% | – | |||||
Swing | 11.82% | 9.94% | New | – |
1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150911021239/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/official_THA_election_results-188301641.html