2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 7 September 2015. The date of the general elections was announced by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on 13 June 2015. The result was a victory for the opposition People's National Movement, which received 52% of the vote and won 23 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives.

7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)

All 41 seats in the House of Representatives

Turnout

66.84%

	First party	Second party	Third party
			COP
Leader	Keith Rowley	Kamla Persad-Bissessar	Prakash Ramadhar
Party	PNM	UNC	COP
Alliance		PP	PP
Leader since	26 May 2010	24 January 2010	3 July 2011
Leader's seat	Diego Martin West	Siparia	St. Augustine
Last election	12 seats, 39.5%	21 seats, 43.7%	6 seats, 14.12%
Seats won	23 / 41	17 / 41	1 / 41
Seat change	11	4	5
Popular vote	378,447	290,066	43,991
Percentage	51.68%	39.61%	6.01%
Swing	12.0 pp	4.1 pp	8.1 pp

Colours denote the winning party, shades denote voting strength as shown in the main table of results.

Prime Minister before election

Kamla Persad-Bissessar
(People's Partnership/United National Congress)

Subsequent Prime Minister

Keith Rowley
(People's National Movement)

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