2023 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election

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Nominee	Christine Kangaloo	Israel Raja-Khan
Party	Independent	Independent
Electoral vote	48	22
Nominators	PNM	UNC

President before election

Paula-Mae Weekes
Independent

Elected President

Christine Kangaloo
Independent

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Indirect presidential elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 20 January 2023.^[1]

Context

On 5 January 2018, the name of Paula-Mae Weekes, a judge of the Turks and Caicos Islands Court of Appeal, was put forward by the PNM government of Prime Minister Keith Rowley in hopes of reaching a consensus with the UNC-led parliamentary opposition of Kamla Persad-Bissessar, which later indeed endorsed her nomination as well. As Weekes was the only nominated candidate on election day, she was deemed elected without the need for a vote. Paula-Mae Weeks thus became the first woman to take office as president of Trinidad and Tobago on 19 March 2018.^[2]

The PNM government nominated Christine Kangaloo, the President of the Senate. The opposition UNC declined to endorse her candidacy on the grounds that she was an active member of the government party and so have nominated their own candidate, Israel Raja-Khan.^[3] It's the first time in more than two decades that a presidential election took place without a consensus candidate.

Electoral method

The President of Trinidad and Tobago is indirectly elected for a 5-year term by an electoral college comprising all 41 members of the House of Representatives and all 31 members of the Senate, plus the speakers of both chambers.

To win the election a candidate must gain a plurality of votes cast, whereby a quorum comprising the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 10 Senators and 12 other member of the House of Representatives must be met for the election to be considered valid. If only one candidate should be nominated to run in the election, he or she shall be considered to have been elected president without the need for a vote to take place.^[4]

Candidates

Nominated by the Government

Christine Kangaloo, President of the Senate (2015-2023)^[5]

Nominated by the Opposition

Israel Raja-Khan, Senior Counsel^[6]

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Christine Kangaloo	Independent	48	68.57
	Israel Raja-Khan	Independent	22	31.43
Total			70	100.00

Valid votes			70	95.89
Invalid/blank votes			3	4.11
Total votes			73	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			74	98.65
Source: ^[7]

References

^ Trinidad & Tobago to elect new president Jan 20
^ "Trinidad Express Newspapers: News | PM's WISE CHOICE". Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "She's a PNM politician". Trinidad Express. 7 January 2023.
^ "Laws of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). oas.org. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "FROM RED HOUSE TO PRESIDENT'S HOUSE". Trinidad Express. 7 January 2023.
^ "Opposition nominates Israel Raja-Khan for president". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 7 January 2023.
^ "Electoral College elects Christine Kangaloo as T&T's seventh President | Loop Trinidad & Tobago".

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