List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago

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Template:Needs inline referencesTemplate:Sidebar with collapsible lists This article lists political parties in Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago has a de facto two-party system.

The People's National Movement (PNM) and the United National Congress (UNC) are the two biggest political parties, and have supplied every Prime Minister since 1991. The UNC has governed Trinidad and Tobago from 1995-2001, 2010-2015 and since 2025. The PNM governed from 1956–86, 1991–95, 2001–2010, and 2015–2025.

The Tobago-based Tobago People's Party is the third biggest political party, with 2 members in the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago), since 2025, and 13 members in the Tobago House of Assembly, since 2023. The PNM is the only political party which contests elections in both Trinidad and Tobago.

Political parties with representation at a local or national level

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style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Progressive Democratic Patriots 2016 Tobago regionalism, Tobago independence Watson Duke Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Not published 0.23

Other parties with symbols registered with the Elections And Boundaries Commission (EBC)

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Defunct or dormant political parties

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See also

References

  • Matthias Catón: "Trinidad and Tobago" in: Elections in the Americas. A Data Handbook, vol. 1, ed. by Dieter Nohlen. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005: pp. 627–646 Template:ISBN
  • Kirk Meighoo: Politics in a Half Made Society: Trinidad and Tobago, 1925-2002, 2003 Template:ISBN
  • Perry Mars: Ideology and Change: The Transformation of the Caribbean Left, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1998. 230p.

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