1986 Trinidad and Tobago general election

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 15 December 1986.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Alliance for Reconstruction, which won 33 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 65.5%.^[2]

1986 Trinidad and Tobago general election

← 1981 15 December 1986 (1986-12-15) 1991 →
All 36 seats in the House of Representatives 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.5 ( 9.7 pp)
First party Second party   Leader A. N. R. Robinson George Chambers Party NAR PNM Leader since 1986 30 March 1981 Leader's seat Tobago East St. Ann's East (lost seat) Last election 10 seats, 43.4% 26 seats, 32.0% Seats won 33 / 36 3 / 36 Seat change 23 23 Popular vote 380,029 183,635 Percentage 66.3% 32.0% Swing 22.9 pp 20.9 pp
Prime Minister before election George Chambers People's National Movement Subsequent Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson National Alliance for Reconstruction

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Alliance for Reconstruction	380,029	66.29	33	+23
	People's National Movement	183,635	32.03	3	–23
	National Joint Action Committee	8,592	1.50	0	0
	People's Popular Movement	796	0.14	0	New
	Independents	211	0.04	0	0
Total		573,263	100.00	36	0
Valid votes		573,263	99.30
Invalid/blank votes		4,037	0.70
Total votes		577,300	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		882,029	65.45
Source: EBCTT, Nohlen

Elected members

Constituency	NAR	PNM
Arima	Gloria Pollard
Arouca North	Rawle Raphael
Arouca South	Gloria Henry
Barataria/San Juan	Kenneth Butcher
Caroni East	Bhoe Tewarie
Chaguanas	Winston Dookeran
Couva North	Basdeo Panday
Couva South	Kelvin Ramnath
Diego Martin Central	Leo Des-Vignes
Diego Martin East	Anthony Smart
Diego Martin West	Margaret Hector
Fyzabad	Arthur Sanderson
La Brea	Albert Richards
Laventille		Muriel Donawa-McDavidson
Naparima	Raymond Roy Palackdharry Singh
Nariva	Brinsley Samaroo
Oropouche	Trevor Sudama
Ortoire/Mayaro	Selwyn Richardson
Point Fortin	Selby Wilson
Pointe-à-Pierre	Oswald Hemlee
Port-of-Spain East		Morris Marshall
Port-of-Spain West	Jenson Christopher Fox
Port-of-Spain South	Theodore Guerra
Princes Town	Jennifer Johnson
San Fernando East		Patrick Manning
San Fernando West	Anselm St. George
Siparia	Govindra Roopnarine
St Ann's East	Lincoln Myers
St Ann's West	Eden Shand
St Augustine	John Humphery
St Joseph	Carson Charles
Tabaquite	Nizam Mohammed
Tobago East	Arthur N.R. Robinson
Tobago West	Pamela Nicholson
Toco/Manzanilla	Joseph Toney
Tunapuna	Emanuel Hosein