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.
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All 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly 7 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 70.08% ( 13.69 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results map for the 2017 Tobago House of Assembly general election, where the following colour denotes the party:
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Political parties
edit- People's National Movement – PNM
- Tobago Organisation of the People – TOP
- The Platform of Truth – TPT
Results
edit- PNM: 12 seats
- TOP: 0 seats
- TPT: 0 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.
Vote count
editVotes 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 |
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| 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 | – | |||
References
edit- ^ "Report of the Elections and Boundaries Commission on the Tobago House of Assembly Elections Held on Monday 21st January, 2013" (PDF). Elections and Boundaries Commission. 28 February 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
