| Election Name: | 1986 Trinidad and Tobago general election |
| Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1981 Trinidad and Tobago general election |
| Previous Year: | 1981 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Trinidad and Tobago general election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Seats For Election: | All 36 seats in the House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 19 |
| Turnout: | 65.5 (9.7 pp) |
| Leader1: | A. N. R. Robinson |
| Colour1: | e25822 |
| Leader Since1: | 1986 |
| Party1: | NAR |
| Leaders Seat1: | Tobago East |
| Last Election1: | 10 seats, 43.4% |
| Seats1: | |
| Seat Change1: | 23 |
| Popular Vote1: | 380,029 |
| Percentage1: | 66.3% |
| Swing1: | 22.9 pp |
| Leader2: | George Chambers |
| Leader Since2: | 30 March 1981 |
| Party2: | People's National Movement |
| Leaders Seat2: | St. Ann's East (lost seat) |
| Last Election2: | 26 seats, 32.0% |
| Seat Change2: | 23 |
| Popular Vote2: | 183,635 |
| Percentage2: | 32.0% |
| Swing2: | 20.9 pp |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent Prime Minister |
| Before Election: | George Chambers |
| Before Party: | People's National Movement |
| After Election: | A. N. R. Robinson |
| After Party: | National Alliance for Reconstruction |
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]
| Constituency | NAR | PNM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arima | Gloria Pollard | ||
| Arouca North | Rawle Raphael | ||
| Arouca South | Gloria Henry | ||
| Barataria/San Juan | Kenneth Butcher | ||
| Caroni East | Bhoe Tewarie | ||
| Chaguanas | |||
| Couva North | |||
| Couva South | Kelvin Ramnath | ||
| Diego Martin Central | |||
| Diego Martin East | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Tabaquite | Nizam Mohammed | ||
| Tobago East | |||
| Tobago West | Pamela Nicholson | ||
| Toco/Manzanilla | Joseph Toney | ||
| Tunapuna | Emanuel Hosein |