
UNC romps to resounding election victory in Trinidad and Tobago
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Kamla Persad-Bissessar-led United National Congress (UNC) roared to an emphatic victory in the 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election, returning to power as the twin-island republic’s first and only female prime minister on Monday night (April 28). Securing 26 seats, including the marginal East-West corridor and San Fernando West constituencies, the UNC crushed the Stuart Young-led People’s National Movement (PNM) which will now assume the opposition caucus of the Trinbagonian parliament for the first time since 2010. PNM woes worsened in Tobago as the newly formed Tobago People’s Party (TPP) claimed two previously thought ‘safe seats’ on the smaller…