2010 Trinidadian local elections

2010 Trinidadian local elections

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All 14 Municipal Corporation Electoral Areas
Turnout	39.1% ( 1.2 pp)
Leader Kamla Persad-Bissesar Keith Rowley Winston Dookeran Party UNC PNM COP Alliance People's Partnership People's Partnership Leader since 24 January 2010 26 May 2010 10 September 2006 Last election 43 councillors, 45.66% 7 municipal corporations 83 councillors, 53.33% 7 municipal corporations New party Popular vote 202,380 52.02% 130,505 33.55% 54,473 14.00% Swing 6.36% 19.78% New party Municipal Corporations 10 / 14 3 / 14 3 / 14 Municipal Corporations +/– 3 6 New party Councillors 74 / 134 36 / 134 24 / 134 Councillors +/– 31 47 New party
Map showing the 14 Trinidadian corporations.

At the ceremonial opening of the Tenth Republican Parliament on June 18, 2010, the Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced that the date for the 2010 Local Elections was to be on July 26, 2010.

Regional Corporations

134 Local Areas were contested in 14

.

• Diego Martin Regional Corporation
• Port of Spain City Corporation
• San Juan–Laventille Regional Corporation
• Tunapuna–Piarco Regional Corporation
• Arima Borough Corporation
• Sangre Grande Regional Corporation
• Chaguanas Borough Corporation
• Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo Regional Corporation
• San Fernando City Corporation
• Princes Town Regional Corporation
• Penal–Debe Regional Corporation
• Siparia Regional Corporation
• Point Fortin Borough Corporation
• Rio Claro–Mayaro Regional Corporation

Results

City of Port of Spain: (PNM)

• St James West—Robin Bynoe (UNC)
• St James East—Balliram Ramsuchit (COP)
• Woodbrook—Cleveland Phillip Garcia (COP)
• Northern Port of Spain—Keron Valentine (PNM)
• Belmont East—Darryl Rajpaul (PNM)
• Belmont North and West—Deanne Boucaud (PNM)
• Southern Port of Spain—Ryan Junior Dunbar (PNM)
• East Dry River—Isha Wells (PNM)
• St Ann's River South—Ashtine Thomason (PNM)
• St Ann's River Central—Natasha Young (PNM)
• St Ann's River North—Nedra Marisa McClean (PNM)
• Belmont South—Jennel Young (PNM)

City of San Fernando: (Partnership)

• Marabella West—Gloria Calliste (COP)
• Marabella East—Jason Williams (UNC)
• Marabella South/Vistabella—Gobin Persad Sinanan (COP)
• Pleasantville—Robert Parris (PNM)
• Cocoyea/Tarouba—Daren McLeod (UNC)
• Mon Repos/Navet—Shaka Joseph (PNM)
• Springvale/Paradise—John Mark Chankersingh (UNC)
• Les Efforts West/La Romaine—Anthony A Ramkissoon (UNC)
• Les Efforts East/Cipero—Navi Muradali (COP)

Borough of Arima: (Partnership)

• Calvary—Wayne John Bertrand (COP)
• Arima North East—Patricia T Cedeno-Metivier (COP)
• Arima West/O'Meara—Flora Singh (COP)
• Arima Central—Clinton Jennings (COP)
• Malabar North—Vedya Mahabir (COP)
• Malabar South—Anthony Garcia (PNM)
• Tumpuna—Hugo Ambrose Lewis (COP)

Borough of Point Fortin: (PNM)

• Techier/Guapo—Sherwin St Hillaire (PNM)
• Newlands/Mahaica—Janelle St Hilaire (PNM)
• Egypt—Abdon Mason (PNM)
• Cap-de-Ville/Fanny Village—Marilyn Ramnarinesingh (COP)
• Hollywood—Kennedy Kendel Richards (PNM)
• New Village—Kriscia Simon (PNM)

Borough of Chaguanas:(Partnership)

• Felicity/Endeavour—Orlando Nehru Nagessar (UNC)
• Edinburgh/Longdenville—Dwarka Singh (UNC)
• Montrose—Gopaul Boodhan (UNC)
• Cunupia—Renuka N Kangal (UNC)
• Enterprise North—Narsingh Rambarran (COP)
• Enterprise South—Ronald Heera (PNM)
• Charlieville—Falisha Isahak (UNC)
• Munroe Road/Caroni Savannah—Joey Samuel (UNC)

Regional Corporation of Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo:(Partnership)

• Chickland/Mamoral—Merle Mungroo (UNC)
• Freeport/Calcutta—Anil Baliram (UNC)
• St Mary's/Edinburgh—Sandra Ramsingh-Abdool (UNC)
• Felicity/Calcutta/McBean—Allan Seepersad (UNC)
• Perseverance/Waterloo—Annmarie Boodram (UNC)
• California/Pt Lisas—Christine Soobram (UNC)
• Balmain/Esperanza/Forres Park—Gangaram Gopaul (UNC)
• Claxton Bay/Pointe-a-Pierre—Camille Elie-Govind (UNC)
• Caratal/Tortuga—Suresh Pooran Maharaj (UNC)
• Gasparillo/Bonne Aventure—Feeraz Ali (UNC)
• Las Lomas/San Raphael—Dhanraj Saroop (UNC)
• Longdenville/Talparo—Rana Persad (UNC)
• Piparo/San Pedro/Tabaquite—Henry Awong (UNC)

Regional Corporation of Diego Martin: (Partnership)

• Chaguaramas/Point Cumana—Enroy Slater (PNM)
• Glencoe/Goodwood/La Puerta—Ricardo Garcia (COP)
• Covigne/Richplain—Katty Ann Christopher (PNM)
• Diamond Vale—Gail Donna La Touche (PNM)
• Bagatelle/Blue Basin—Lisa Maraj (UNC)
• St Lucien/Cameron Hill—Anne Letren (UNC)
• Moka/Boissiere No.2—Nadine Maria Romany (UNC)
• Morne Coco/Alyce Glen—Phillip Joseph Murray (UNC)
• Petit Valley/Cocorite—Wazim Daniel (UNC)
• Belle Vue/Boissiere No.1—Susan Rodriguez (UNC)

Regional Corporation of Mayaro/Rio Claro: (Partnership)

• Biche/Charuma—Glen Ram (UNC)
• Rio Claro South/Cat's Hill—Cyrilla Zola Cooper (UNC)
• Rio Claro North—Hazarie Ramdeen (UNC)
• Cocal/Mafeking—Keshrie Kissoon (UNC)
• Ecclesville—Shaffik Mohammed (UNC)
• Mayaro/Guayaguayare—Raymond Cozier (UNC)

Regional Corporation of Penal/Debe: (Partnership)

• Palmiste/Hermitage—Roland Hall (UNC)
• La Fortune—Amir J Junior B Saiphoo (UNC)
• Bronte—Brian N Julien (UNC)
• Debe East/L'Esperance/Union Hall—Marsha Jaimungal-Khan (UNC)
• Debe West—Skafte Awardy (UNC)
• Penal—Shanty Boodram (UNC)
• Barrackpore West—Premchand Sookoo (UNC)
• Rochard/Barrackpore East—Vishnu Ramlakhan (UNC)
• Quinam/Morne Diablo—Hyacinth Rampersadsingh (UNC)

Regional Corporation of Princes Town: (Partnership)

• Reform/Manahambre—Judy Barbara Hart (UNC)
• Ben Lomond/Hardbargain/Williamsville—Akash A Manickchand (UNC)
• Corinth/Cedar Hill—Winston D Chindra (UNC)
• Inverness/Princes Town—Deryck Mathura (UNC)
• New Grant/Tableland—Gowrie N Roopnarine (UNC)
• Hindustan/Indianwalk/St Mary's—Jules Vernon Downing (UNC)
• Lengua/St Julien—Alvin Lutchman (UNC)
• Fifth Company—Rafi Mohammed (UNC)
• Moruga—Phillip Gonzales (UNC)

Regional Corporation of San Juan/Laventille: (PNM)

• Maracas Bay/Santa Cruz/La Fillette—Lyndon Lara (PNM)
• Febeau/Bourg Mulatresse—Roger Charles Celestine (COP)
• Morvant—Franz Lambkin (PNM)
• Caledonia/Upper Malick—Jeffrey Anthony Reyes (PNM)
• St Ann's/Cascade/Mon Repos West—Kenrick Preudhomme (COP)
• St Barb's/Chinapoo—Jason C Alexander (PNM)
• Beetham/Picton—Akil Audain (PNM)
• Success/Trou Macaque—Joel Harding (PNM)
• Aranguez/Warner Village—Santam Ramjit (UNC)
• Barataria—Harrylal Persad (UNC)
• Petit Bourg/Mount Lambert/Champs Fleurs—Kion Williams (PNM)
• San Juan East—Nazeemool Mohammed (UNC)
• San Juan West—Kwesi Junior Antoine (PNM)

Regional Corporation of Sangre Grande: (Partnership)

• Toco/Fishing Pond—Martin Rondon (PNM)
• Valencia—Lawrence P Lalla (UNC)
• Manzanilla—Annand Soodeen (UNC)
• Sangre Grande South—Patricia Debbie A Harris (UNC)
• Vega De Oropouche—Ravi Lakhan (UNC)
• Sangre Grande North West—Dayne Evan Francois (UNC)
• Cumuto/Tamana—Nirmal Singh (UNC)

Regional Corporation of Siparia: (Partnership)

• Avocat/San Francique North—Rajwantee Bullock (UNC)
• Siparia East/San Francique South—Leo Christiani Doodnath (UNC)
• Siparia West/Fyzabad—Doodnath Mayrhoo (UNC)
• Otaheite/Rousillac—Chanardaye Ramadharsingh (UNC)
• Brighton/Vessigny—Gerald Debesette (PNM)
• Mon Desir—Balkaran Frank Ramjit (UNC)
• Cedros—Fitzroy Paul Beache (UNC)
• Erin—Morena M. Martin Frederick (PNM)
• Palo Seco—Christine Neptune (PNM)

Regional Corporation of Tunapuna/Piarco (Partnership)

• Maracas/Santa Magarita—Winston C Ramsaroop (COP)
• Auzonville/Tunapuna—Esmond Irving Forde (PNM)
• Curepe/Pasea—Rosanna Sookdeo (COP)
• Caura/Paradise/Tacarigua—Sookdeo P Barath (COP)
• Macoya/Trincity—Ria Boodoo (COP)
• Five Rivers/Lopinot—Dianne Bishop (UNC)
• Bon Air/Arouca/Cane Farm—Colin Kerwin Rodney (PNM)
• Valsayn/St Joseph—Graham Butcher (UNC)
• Kelly Village/Warrenville—Khublal Paltoo (UNC)
• St Augustine South/Piarco/St Helena—Khadijah Ameen (UNC)
• Mausica/Maloney—Steven Sam (PNM)
• La Florissante/Cleaver— Erwin Augustine Hope (COP)
• D'Abadie/Carapo—J-Lynn Roopnarine (UNC)
• Blanchisseuse/Santa Rosa—Andrew V Mooteram (COP)
• Wallerfield/La Horquetta—Brian Hayden Joseph (PNM)

Nomination Day

Nomination day was July 5, 2010.