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Stuart R. Young Out! Kamla S. Persad-Bissessar In! as T&T Prime Minister

- United National Congress won 26 of 41 seats; People’s National Movement obtained 13 seats & Tobago People's Party won 2
Kamla S. Persad-Bissessar, right, was elected Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, April 28, 2025, ousting Stuart R. Young, left. Photo: Francisco Batista/STR
Stuart R. Young, left, was on March 17, 2025, sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago but was ousted in snap elections he called for. Photo: Gov't of Trinidad & Tobago
Stuart R. Young, left, was on March 17, 2025, sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago but was ousted in snap elections he called for. Photo: Gov't of Trinidad & Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago, WI- The twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has a new Prime Minister, following snap elections on Monday, April 28, 2025.

The opposition in Trinidad and Tobago won the parliamentary elections, returning former prime minister Kamla S. Persad-Bissessar to office as the twin-island Caribbean nation battles an economic slump and rise in gang violence.  

Her centrist United National Congress (UNC) declared victory on Monday evening after unofficial preliminary results showed the party won more than half the seats in the House of Representatives, with the incumbent center-left People's National Movement (PNM) conceding defeat.

The United National Congress, which is allied with the Coalition of Interests, won 26 of 41 seats in the House of Representatives. The opposition People’s National Movement led by Stuart R. Young, 50, obtained 13 seats and conceded defeat.

The Tobago People's Party (TPP) won the two seats available on Tobago. 

Higher public wages 

"Everything indicates that the UNC won the election," Persad-Bissessar told supporters, but urged the party not to be "pretentious or arrogant." 

"We have a lot of work ahead of us," the 73-year-old said. "When UNC wins, we all win."

She had campaigned on promises of higher public wages, describing the election to be "for the mother walking the aisles of the grocery store with her children, always with a pen, a pencil, or a calculator in hand because food prices keep rising and she has to keep tabs on what she can buy."

Persad-Bissessar held office from 2010 to 2015. 

Young took over as prime minister in March when party colleague Dr Keith C. Rowley stepped down after 10 years in the job to make way for new blood.

Rowley on Monday conceded defeat on behalf of his party, praising the organisation and high turnout at polls.

Some 1.1 million people were eligible to vote in Monday's election for the 41 members of the House of Representatives.

10 Responses to “Stuart R. Young Out! Kamla S. Persad-Bissessar In! as T&T Prime Minister”

  • hmm (29/04/2025, 08:40) Like (1) Dislike (7) Reply
    How old is Kamla? Found it necessary to put Young’s age but not her own? Hmmm
  • Women liberation (29/04/2025, 09:46) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    The BVI need to follow suit
  • lodger (29/04/2025, 09:47) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    We sticking with old and young fraser Lorna and Ronnie them young people undeserving of leadership
  • That's why they always say (29/04/2025, 09:47) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    "Becareful wha yo wish for"
  • The watchdog (29/04/2025, 10:48) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    This could never happen here eyes wide open
  • home boy (29/04/2025, 11:15) Like (0) Dislike (2) Reply
    Who give a hoot what happens down there, they think because they are big island they better than us, it looks to me that the Indian run things down there.
  • 2nd Chances. (29/04/2025, 11:46) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Aint much leaders lose the get a second chance. Hope she learn from her past mistales and do better..


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