2017 Tobago House of Assembly election

2017 Tobago House of Assembly election

23 January 2017
All 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly 7 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.20% ( 19.88 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Kelvin Charles Watson Duke Party PNM PDP Leader since 3 July 2016 2 July 2016 Leader's seat Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford Last election 12 seats, 61.42% New Seats won 10 / 12 2 / 12 Seat change 2 New Popular vote 13,310 7,537 Percentage 54.68% 30.96% Swing 6 pp New
Results map for the 2017 Tobago House of Assembly general election, where the following colours denote each respective party:   Tobago Council of the People's National Movement   Progressive Democratic Patriots
Chief Secretary before election Orville London PNM Elected Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles PNM

House of Assembly elections were held in Tobago on 23 January 2017. The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won ten of the twelve seats in the Tobago House of Assembly.

Results

Constituency	Movement for Transformation	People's National Movement	Progressive Democratic Patriots	Tobago Forwards	Invalid ballots	Total	Electorate	Turnout
Parlatuvier/L' Anse Fourmi/Speyside	0	926	1,095	111	4	2,136	3,650	58.52%
Goodwood/Belle Garden West	0	953	948	332	8	2,241	4,142	54.10%
Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford	14	949	1,261	34	3	2,261	3,741	60.44%
Scarborough/Calder Hall	0	1,130	512	184	8	1,834	4,076	45.00%
Lambeau/Signal Hill	0	1,185	424	372	11	1,992	4,343	45.87%
Bacolet/Mt. St. George	0	1,157	425	191	12	1,785	3,683	48.47%
Canaan/Bon Accord	0	1,188	547	197	5	1,937	4,000	48.43%
Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant	0	1,291	319	266	9	1,885	4,363	43.20%
Bethel/Mt Irvine	0	1,184	283	674	4	2,145	4,370	49.08%
Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah	28	1,089	800	129	3	2,049	4,265	48.04%
Plymouth/Golden Lane	0	1,012	493	434	10	1,949	3,857	50.53%
Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden	17	1,246	430	428	8	2,129	4,490	47.42%
Total	59	13,310	7,537	3,352	85	24,343	48,490	50.20%
	0.24%	54.87%	31.07%	13.82%	–
Swing	New	6.55%	New	New	–

Control

Electoral District	Previous control		Subsequent control
Bacolet/Mt. St. George		PNM		PNM
Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delafor		PNM		PDP
Bethel/Mt Irvine		PNM		PNM
Black Rock/Whim /SpringTobago Council of the Garden		PNM		PNM
Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant		PNM		PNM
Canaan/Bon Accord		PNM		PNM
Goodwood/Belle Garden West		PNM		PNM
Lambeau/Signal Hill		PNM		PNM
Parlatuvier/L'Anse Fourmi/Speyside		PNM		PDP
Plymouth/Golden Lane		PNM		PNM
Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah		PNM		PNM
Scarborough/Calder Hall		PNM		PNM
Source: EBC

Voting-seating comparison

Popular vote PNM   54.87% PDP   31.07% TF   13.82% MfT   0.24%

Seating percentage PNM   83.33% PDP   16.67% TF   0% MfT   0%