| Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Trinidad and Tobago general election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Turnout: | 66.22% (3.42pp) |
| Election Date: | 5 November 2007 |
| Image1: | Patrick Manning 2008.jpg |
| Leader1: | Patrick Manning |
| Party1: | People's National Movement |
| Last Election1: | 50.89%, 20 seats |
| Seats1: | |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 300,434 |
| Percentage1: | 45.99% |
| Leader2: | Basdeo Panday |
| Party2: | United National Congress |
| Last Election2: | 46.87%, 16 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 194,968 |
| Percentage2: | 29.85% |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent Prime Minister |
| Before Election: | Patrick Manning |
| Before Party: | People's National Movement |
| After Election: | Patrick Manning |
| After Party: | People's National Movement |
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 5 November 2007.[1] Nomination day was 15 October. Five parties contested the elections; the ruling People's National Movement, the official opposition United National Congress–Alliance (a coalition of the UNC and six smaller parties), the Congress of the People, the Tobago United Front–Democratic Action Congress (a Tobago-based party) and the Democratic National Assembly (a new party based in Tobago). Five independent candidates also ran.
A poll conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) and published by the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday in October 2007 showed the Congress of the People ahead of the ruling People's National Movement by 7%.[2]
Another poll from August indicated that the election would be a very close race.[3]
The PNM party under the leadership of Patrick Manning won 26 of the 41 seats in Parliament. The UNC-A, under the leadership of Basdeo Panday won the 15 remaining seats. The COP did not win any seats.[4]
| Constituency | Winner (Party) | |
|---|---|---|
| Arima | Pennelope Beckles (PNM) | |
| Arouca/Maloney | Alicia Hospedales (PNM) | |
| Barataria/San Juan | Joseph Ross (PNM) | |
| Caroni Central | Hamza Rafeeq (UNCA) | |
| Caroni East | Tim Gopeesingh (UNCA) | |
| Chaguanas East | Mustapha Abdul-Hamid (PNM) | |
| Chaguanas West | Jack Warner (UNCA) | |
| Couva North | Basdeo Panday (UNCA) | |
| Couva South | Kelvin Ramnath (UNCA) | |
| Cumuto/Manzanilla | Harry Partap (UNCA) | |
| D'Abadie/O'Meara | Karen Nunez-Tesheira (PNM) | |
| Diego Martin Central | Amery Brown (PNM) | |
| Diego Martin North/East | Colm Imbert (PNM) | |
| Diego Martin West | Keith Rowley (PNM) | |
| Fyzabad | Chandresh Sharma (UNCA) | |
| La Brea | Fitzgerald Jeffrey (PNM) | |
| La Horquetta/Talparo | Roger Joseph (PNM) | |
| Laventille East/Morvant | Donna Cox (PNM) | |
| Laventille West | Nileung Hypolite (PNM) | |
| Lopinot/Bon Air West | Neil Parsanlal (PNM) | |
| Mayaro | Winston Peters (UNCA) | |
| Naparima | Nizam Baksh (UNCA) | |
| Oropouche East | Roodal Moonilal (UNCA) | |
| Oropouche West | Mikela Panday (UNCA) | |
| Point Fortin | Paula Gopee-Scoon (PNM) | |
| Pointe-a-Pierre | Christine Kangaloo (PNM) | |
| POS North/St. Anns West | Gary Hunt (PNM) | |
| POS South | Marlene Mc Donald (PNM) | |
| Princes Town North | Subhas Panday (UNCA) | |
| Princes Town South/Tableland | Peter Taylor (PNM) | |
| San Fernando East | Patrick Manning (PNM) | |
| San Fernado West | Junia Regrello (PNM) | |
| Siparia | Kamla Persad-Bissessar (UNCA) | |
| St. Anns East | Anthony Roberts (PNM) | |
| St. Augustine | Vasant Bharath (UNCA) | |
| St. Joseph | Kennedy Swaratsingh (PNM) | |
| Tabaquite | Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj (UNCA) | |
| Tobago East | Rennie Dumas (PNM) | |
| Tobago West | Stanford Callendar (PNM) | |
| Toco/Sangre Grande | Indra Ojah-Maharaj (PNM) | |
| Tunapuna | Esther Le Gendre (PNM) |
| Constituency | PNM | UNCA | COP | DNA | TUF/DAC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arima | 8,603 | 1,224 | 3,464 | |||
| Arouca/Maloney | 12,055 | 1,480 | 2,373 | |||
| Barataria/San Juan | 7,179 | 5,362 | 3,817 | |||
| Caroni Central | 4,579 | 7,615 | 4,400 | |||
| Caroni East | 3,833 | 8,333 | 4,230 | |||
| Chaguanas East | 6,757 | 4,993 | 4,086 | |||
| Chaguanas West | 1,519 | 11,150 | 5,278 | |||
| Couva North | 5,249 | 8,832 | 4,839 | |||
| Couva South | 5,097 | 8,428 | 4,409 | |||
| Cumuto/Manzanilla | 7,124 | 7,368 | 3,183 | |||
| D'Abadie/O'Meara | 8,877 | 2,425 | 3,695 | |||
| Diego Martin Central | 9,301 | 582 | 5,574 | |||
| Diego Martin North/East | 9,349 | 877 | 5,023 | |||
| Diego Martin West | 9,221 | 513 | 5,600 | |||
| Fyzabad | 7,201 | 7,562 | 3,734 | |||
| La Brea | 10,055 | 3,490 | 1,861 | |||
| La Horquetta/Talparo | 8,324 | 3,494 | 2,593 | |||
| Laventille East/Morvant | 11,069 | 1,107 | 1,535 | |||
| Laventille West | 10,637 | 343 | 1,085 | |||
| Lopinot/Bon Air West | 8,535 | 3,907 | 3,190 | |||
| Mayaro | 8,137 | 8,613 | 1,939 | |||
| Naparima | 2,892 | 10,338 | 4,290 | |||
| Oropouche East | 3,081 | 10,156 | 5,489 | |||
| Oropouche West | 3,629 | 8,570 | 4,198 | |||
| Point Fortin | 9,257 | 2,640 | 3,838 | |||
| Point-a-Pierre | 7,505 | 6,189 | 3,664 | |||
| Port of Spain North/St. Ann's West | 8,359 | 305 | 3,644 | |||
| Port of Spain South | 7,823 | 566 | 3,141 | |||
| Princes Town North | 5,298 | 8,231 | 3,824 | |||
| Princes Town South/Tableland | 9,108 | 7,925 | 1,465 | |||
| San Fernando East | 10,320 | 1,630 | 3,054 | |||
| San Fernando West | 7,371 | 2,306 | 4,951 | |||
| Siparia | 4,678 | 10,323 | 3,166 | |||
| St. Ann's East | 10,008 | 1,060 | 3,247 | |||
| St. Augustine | 4,309 | 7,043 | 6,426 | |||
| St. Joseph | 7,969 | 4,932 | 4,144 | |||
| Tabaquite | 5,541 | 7,206 | 5,792 | |||
| Tobago East | 5,684 | 237 | 148 | 4,703 | ||
| Tobago West | 6,850 | 471 | 230 | 4,176 | ||
| Toco/Sangre Grande | 9,557 | 3,864 | 3,214 | |||
| Tunapuna | 8,494 | 3,986 | 4,182 | |||
| Total | 300,434 | 194,968 | 148,345 | 378 | 8,879 |
The UNC-Alliance did not run for any seats in Tobago.