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]
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Results
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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National Alliance for Reconstruction | 380,029 | 66.29 | 33 | +23 | |
People's National Movement | 183,635 | 32.03 | 3 | –23 | |
National Joint Action Committee | 8,592 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | |
People's Popular Movement | 796 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 211 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 573,263 | 100.00 | 36 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 573,263 | 99.30 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 4,037 | 0.70 | |||
Total votes | 577,300 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 882,029 | 65.45 | |||
Source: EBCTT, Nohlen |
Elected members
editConstituency | NAR | PNM |
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Arima | Gloria Pollard | |
Arouca North | Rawle Raphael | |
Arouca South | Gloria Henry | |
Barataria/San Juan | Kenneth Butcher | |
Caroni East | Bhoe Tewarie | |
Chaguanas | Winston Dookeran | |
Couva North | Basdeo Panday | |
Couva South | Kelvin Ramnath | |
Diego Martin Central | Leo Des-Vignes | |
Diego Martin East | Anthony Smart | |
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 | Selwyn Richardson | |
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 | Patrick Manning | |
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 | Carson Charles | |
Tabaquite | Nizam Mohammed | |
Tobago East | Arthur N.R. Robinson | |
Tobago West | Pamela Nicholson | |
Toco/Manzanilla | Joseph Toney | |
Tunapuna | Emanuel Hosein |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p641