By Prior Beharry
THE United Nation Congress wins the popular vote in the the 2023 Local Government Elections that were held on Monday.
Preliminary results release by the Elections and Boundaries Commission showed that the UNC received 173,961 votes with the People’s National Movement (PNM) getting 130,868 and the National Transformation Alliance attaining 15,997.
With an electorate of 1,091,935 in 141 electoral districts in Trinidad, there was a voter turn-out of 30.34% with a total of 331,300 votes being cast with 996 rejected ballots.
How the votes were cast by political party:
- MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 164
- NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION ALLIANCE 15,997
- PEOPLE’S NATIONAL MOVEMENT 130,868
- PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC PATRIOTS 1,287
- PROGRESSIVE EMPOWERMENT PARTY 5,930
- RE-UNITED FARMERS’ ALLIANCE 1,041
- THE NATIONAL PARTY 45
- TRINIDAD HUMANITY CAMPAIGN 234
- UNITED NATIONAL CONGRESS 173,961
- UNITY OF THE PEOPLE 110
Votes for Independent candidates:
- VIVIAN JOHNSON (BELMONT SOUTH) 128
- KATHLEEN WELLINGTON (BLANCHISSEUSE/SANTA
ROSA) 55 - IRVIN SAMUEL FELIX (HOLLYWOOD) 57
- KENDALL MICHAEL HAGLEY (MAYARO
SOUTH/GUAYAGUAYARE) 191 - DIXIE-ANN ELLIOT (PLEASANTVILLE) 140
- GWENDOLYN ALANA CHARLES (VALENCIA WEST) 96
