2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election

2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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All 41 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	69.88% ( 3.66pp)
First party Second party   Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar Patrick Manning Party UNC PNM Alliance PP Last election 29.85%, 15 seats 45.99%, 26 seats Seats won 21 12 Seat change 6 14 Popular vote 316,600 287,458 Percentage 43.72% 39.70% Swing 13.87pp 6.29pp   Third party Fourth party   TOP Leader Winston Dookeran Ashworth Jack Party COP TOP Alliance PP PP Last election 22.71%, 0 seats – Seats won 6 2 Seat change 6 New Popular vote 102,265 15,371 Percentage 14.12% 2.12% Swing 8.59pp New
Prime Minister before election Patrick Manning PNM Subsequent Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar UNC/PP

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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 24 May 2010. The date of the general elections was announced by Prime Minister Patrick Manning on April 16, 2010, via a press release. The election was called over two years earlier than required by law.^[1] Polls showing that the UNC-led opposition coalition was likely to win the election were confirmed by the subsequent results.^[2]

With preliminary results showing the People's Partnership coalition likely to win a majority of 29 out of a possible 41 seats, Patrick Manning conceded defeat on election night.^[3] The final outcome has the People's Partnership winning 29 seats, and the PNM winning 12 seats. As a consequence of the People's Partnership's win, Kamla Persad-Bissessar of the People's Partnership coalition was elected Trinidad and Tobago's first female prime minister.

In 2015 former minister and international football executive Jack Warner alleged financial connections between himself, world football and the conduct of the 2010 general election.