Congreso Nacional Unido gana las elecciones parlamentarias en Trinidad y Tobago
El partido opositor Congreso Nacional Unido (UNC, por sus siglas en inglés) ganó las elecciones parlamentarias celebradas este lunes en Trinidad y Tobago, con lo cual su lideresa, Kamla Persad Bissessar, se convirtió en la virtual primera ministra electa.
#DecisionTT #FinalMap: YELLOW WAVE: Kamla Persad Bissessar's United National Congress (UNC) wins 2025 Trinidad & Tobago General Elections – winning 25 out of 41 seats. PNM won 14 seats – losing 8 seats, including both Tobago seats. TPP, a Tobagonian party won both seats in… pic.twitter.com/ZzLMDZcUvD
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De acuerdo con los resultados oficiales de los comicios, el UNC obtuvo 25 de los 41 escaños en disputa, es decir seis más que en el ejercicio anterior.
El gobernante Movimiento Nacional del Pueblo (PNM, por sus siglas en inglés) registró victorias en 14 circunscripciones electorales, lo que le representó una pérdida de ocho escaños.
El partido Asociación del Pueblo (TPP TPP, un movimiento político tobagués, obtuvo ambos escaños en la isla de Tobago.
Tras conocerse los resultados, la lideresa del UNC y próximas primera ministra del país, Kamla Persad Bissessar, se presentó ante sus simpatizantes en un acto público y ofreció un discurso en el cual delineó sus futuras acciones de gobierno.
De la misma forma, el primer ministro Stuart Young reconoció la derrota del PNM en la jornada electoral, aunque prometió seguir luchando por el pueblo de Trinidad y Tobago.
Más de un millón de personas acudieron este lunes a las urnas en Trinidad y Tobago, en unas elecciones parlamentarias que transcurrieron en completa normalidad, de acuerdo a los reportes oficiales.
Leads UNC to emphatic victory over PNM; TPP takes two Tobago seats
wish all the leaders well, as our country is now in their hands.”
Rowley said if last night’s trend held, PNM would end up with 10 or 12 seats. He said he had no regrets in supporting Stuart Young as prime minister.
Young, at Rowley’s side, said he had won his Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s West seat. While saying he was obviously disappointed, Young vowed to keep fighting.
“The electorate has spoken tonight and we look forward to tomorrow morning … we’ll be back on the road, rebuilding and encouraging the youths to come forth … I certainly look forward to playing a part in that and a leadership role in that.”
Last night’s UNC victory was a dramatic climax to two years of election hints from the PNM, repeated demands for election by the UNC and a short sharp campaign in the snap poll called by Young, four months ahead of the term’s end in August. Young had announced the election date on March 18—a day after he was appointed prime minister.
Rowley said the PNM meets tomorrow to determine the Opposition Leader.
PNM general secretary Foster Cummings (La Horquetta/ Talparo), party PRO Faris Al-Rawi (San Fernando West), Terrence Deyalsingh (Aranguez/St Joseph), Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis (Tobago West), Ayanna Webster-Roy (Tobago East), Esmond Forde (Tunapuna), and Roger Monroe (Toco/Sangre Grande) were among those PNMites who lost their seats.
The PNM is said to have retained the Diego Martin, Port-of-Spain, Arouca/Lopinot and other seats.
The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) is expected to give preliminary results and voter turnout figures later today.
Yesterday’s voting featured long lines in many of the 2,316 polling stations. While some inner-city stations had a slow beginning from 6 am, steady streams were reported. In the 2020 General Election, turnout was 58.08 per cent.
Kamla open to Farley
After close of the poll at 6 pm, the UNC showed an early lead with figures in certain key marginals, as well as its traditional “safe seats,” starting with Persad-Bissessar’s Siparia. She was the first candidate to declare victory.
Persad-Bissessar had arrived at her UNC’s Siparia constituency headquarters around 8.45 pm to shouts of “Victory tonight!” from enthusiastic supporters. Preliminary figures for her win was 9,565 votes.
At that time, Persad-Bissessar said she was confident the UNC would win the election, as the trend was very good for the UNC.
On whether the UNC would be open to an arrangement with the TPP, Persad-Bissessar said, “I always said there are many rooms in the House of the Rising Sun, there’s a space and place for all. We need to work together to rebuild T&T so all are welcome and all will be welcome—we have to rebuild T&T.”
Dennis, Griffith concede early
First figures following the close of polls began developing from around 8 pm with Tobago East, where the race emerged with TPP’s David Thomas ahead of PNM’s Ayanna Webster-Roy.
Just after 8 pm, figures for marginal Tunapuna showed UNC’s Roger Alexander ahead of PNM’s Forde, maintaining a lead.
The UNC was also leading in marginal Aranguez/St Joseph with UNC Devesh Maharaj over PNM’s Deyalsingh.
By 8.30 pm, UNC’s Chaguanas East candidate Vandana Mohit showed a healthy lead over PNM’s Richie Sookhai. UNC’s Mayaro candidate Nicholas Morris also showed a large lead over PNM’s Beatrice Bridgelal.
By 9.20 pm, UNC had called the seats of Chaguanas West (Neil Colin Gosein), Oropouche West (Dr Lackram Bodoe) and Barataria/San Juan (Saddam Hosein).
By 9.30 pm, the UNC was leading in 13 seats, the PNM in five and TPP in Tobago East and West.
At that time, Tobago PNM Council leader Ancil Dennis conceded that the PNM would not have won Tobago East, saying it was not his happiest election. Dennis speculated that voters may have decided to withdraw participation.
Also at that time, National Transformation Alliance Gary Griffith conceded saying, “ The results show that T&T was not prepared for a third option, we just didn’t have the opportunity for people to break away from that PNM or UNC—til they die mindset. I hope whoever is in Government that you do well.”
It was a subdued atmosphere at PNM’s Balisier House headquarters in Port-of-Spain. A large stage was set up. But up to 9.15pm, MPs were in their constituencies and few party officials were present.
Candidates needed to secure one-eighth of the votes cast to get back their deposit.
KPB’s comeback
Prime Minister-elect Kamla Persad-Bissessar became T&T’s first female Prime Minister in 2010 as head of the People’s Partnership coalition.
In the 2025 election, she had sought a “comeback” like US President Donald Trump, on whose Republican campaign policies the UNC had taken a page in terms of security and illegal migrants.
The UNC had waged a sharp savvy campaign based on its slogan “Yellow is the Code—When UNC Wins Everybody Wins.”
The UNC had targeted “grassroots” and workers via a Coalition of Interests from the Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), Public Services Association (PSA), Seamen and Waterfront Workers’ Trade Union (SWWTU, smaller parties PEP, COP and Laventille Outreach for Vertical Enrichment, also featuring some former PNM faces and a fleet of social influencers, including entertainers.
Yesterday’s activity was spotted with issues on both sides, with the PNM alleging bribery by one person in Aranguez/St Joseph and other concerns raised by the PNM in Moruga/Tableland regarding conduct of certain voters.
The UNC also sent a series of written complaints to the EBC throughout the day on 19 issues, ranging from election material (ink, pen) to long lines and alleged suspect ballots. (See page 10)
The election was conducted under the observation of teams from Caricom and the Commonwealth.
