2017 Tobago House of Assembly election explained
Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2013 Tobago House of Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 2013 |
Next Election: | January 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election |
Next Year: | January 2021 |
Seats For Election: | All 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 7 |
Turnout: | 50.20% (19.88 pp) |
Election Date: | 23 January 2017 |
Image1: | Kelvin Charles (cropped2).jpg |
Leader Since1: | 3 July 2016 |
Leaders Seat1: | Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden |
Party1: | Tobago Council of the People's National Movement |
Last Election1: | 12 seats, 61.42% |
Seats1: | 10 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 13,310 |
Percentage1: | 54.68% |
Swing1: | 6 pp |
Leader Since2: | 2 July 2016 |
Leaders Seat2: | Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford |
Party2: | Progressive Democratic Patriots |
Last Election2: | New |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seat Change2: | New |
Popular Vote2: | 7,537 |
Percentage2: | 30.96% |
Swing2: | New |
Chief Secretary |
Before Election: | Orville London |
Before Party: | PNM |
After Election: | Kelvin Charles |
After Party: | PNM |
House of Assembly elections were held in Tobago on 23 January 2017. The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won ten of the twelve seats in the Tobago House of Assembly.[1] [2]
Results
Constituency | Movement for Transformation | People's National Movement | Progressive Democratic Patriots | Tobago Forwards | Invalid ballots | Total | Electorate | Turnout |
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Parlatuvier/L' Anse Fourmi/Speyside | 0 | 926 | 1,095 | 111 | 4 | 2,136 | 3,650 | 58.52% |
Goodwood/Belle Garden West | 0 | 953 | 948 | 332 | 8 | 2,241 | 4,142 | 54.10% |
Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford | 14 | 949 | 1,261 | 34 | 3 | 2,261 | 3,741 | 60.44% |
Scarborough/Calder Hall | 0 | 1,130 | 512 | 184 | 8 | 1,834 | 4,076 | 45.00% |
Lambeau/Signal Hill | 0 | 1,185 | 424 | 372 | 11 | 1,992 | 4,343 | 45.87% |
Bacolet/Mt. St. George | 0 | 1,157 | 425 | 191 | 12 | 1,785 | 3,683 | 48.47% |
Canaan/Bon Accord | 0 | 1,188 | 547 | 197 | 5 | 1,937 | 4,000 | 48.43% |
Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant | 0 | 1,291 | 319 | 266 | 9 | 1,885 | 4,363 | 43.20% |
Bethel/Mt Irvine | 0 | 1,184 | 283 | 674 | 4 | 2,145 | 4,370 | 49.08% |
Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah | 28 | 1,089 | 800 | 129 | 3 | 2,049 | 4,265 | 48.04% |
Plymouth/Golden Lane | 0 | 1,012 | 493 | 434 | 10 | 1,949 | 3,857 | 50.53% |
Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden | 17 | 1,246 | 430 | 428 | 8 | 2,129 | 4,490 | 47.42% |
Total | 59 | 13,310 | 7,537 | 3,352 | 85 | 24,343 | 48,490 | 50.20% |
0.24% | 54.87% | 31.07% | 13.82% | – |
Swing | New | 6.55% | New | New | – | |
Control
Electoral District | Previous control | Subsequent control |
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Bacolet/Mt. St. George | | |
Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delafor | | |
Bethel/Mt Irvine | | |
Black Rock/Whim /SpringTobago Council of the Garden | | |
Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant | | |
Canaan/Bon Accord | | |
Goodwood/Belle Garden West | | |
Lambeau/Signal Hill | | |
Parlatuvier/L'Anse Fourmi/Speyside | | |
Plymouth/Golden Lane | | |
Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah | | |
Scarborough/Calder Hall | | |
Source: EBC | |
Voting-seating comparison
Notes and References
- Web site: New THA Chief Secretary takes oath today.
- Web site: Report on the Tobago House of Assembly Elections, January 2017 . Elections and Boundaries Commission . 27 December 2017 .