2013 Trinidadian local elections

2013 Trinidadian local elections

21 October 2013

All 14 Municipal Corporation Electoral Areas
Opinion polls
Turnout43.6% ( 4.5 pp)
 
Leader Keith Rowley Kamla Persad-Bissesar
Party PNM UNC
Alliance PP
Leader since 26 May 2010 24 January 2010
Last election 36 councillors, 33.55%
3 municipal corporations
74 councillors, 52.02%
10 municipal corporations
Popular vote 190,421
42.28%
121,944
27.08%
Swing 8.73% 24.94%
Municipal Corporations
8 / 14
6 / 14
Municipal Corporations +/– 5 3
Councillors
84 / 136
46 / 136
Councillors +/– 48 28

 
COP
Leader Jack Warner Prakash Ramadhar
Party ILP COP
Alliance PP
Leader since 24 January 2010 3 July 2011
Last election New party 24 councillors, 14.00%
5 municipal corporations
Popular vote 102,304
22.72%
33,258
7.39%
Swing New party 6.61%
Municipal Corporations
0 / 14
0 / 14
Municipal Corporations +/– New party 2
Councillors
3 / 136
3 / 136
Councillors +/– 3 21

Map showing the 14 Trinidadian corporations.

The 2013 Trinidadian local elections were held on 21 October 2013 to elect representatives in all 14 municipal corporation electoral areas in Trinidad. 136 seats were contested. These were the first elections held after the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act of 2013, which also provided for four aldermen in each corporation to be allocated by proportional representation. The People's National Movement was victorious in the election, winning the plurality of the vote and the majority of Municipal Corporations.