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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
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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. It's the first time in more than two decades that a presidential election took place without a consensus candidate.
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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.
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to take office as president of Trinidad and Tobago on 19 March 2018.
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Index

2018

Christine Kangaloo
Independent
Independent
UNC
Paula-Mae Weekes
Independent
Christine Kangaloo
Independent
Politics of Trinidad and Tobago

Government
President
list
Christine Kangaloo
Prime Minister
Keith Rowley
Parliament
Senate
President
Nigel de Freitas
House of Representatives
Speaker
Bridgid Annisette-George
Leader of the Opposition
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Judiciary
Chief Justice
Ivor Archie

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