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2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election

2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election

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Indirect presidential elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 11 February 2008.[1]

Quick Facts 73 members of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago 37 Electoral votes needed to win, Nominee ...

The incumbent George Maxwell Richards was expected to be reelected after being approved as the only nominee by 15 MPs on 4 February 2008.[2]

The election was held through an electoral college consisting of a joint sitting of the two houses of parliament consisting of 73 representatives,[3] and Richards was reelected as expected.[4]

The Opposition party nominated no candidate, in part as a protest to a foregone conclusion of the result and a boycott of the process.

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    Electoral Calendar- world elections,US elections,presidential election,world parties
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    Caribbean Net News: Trinidad president to get second five-year term in office Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
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    Trinidad News, Trinidad Newspaper, Trinidad Sports, Trinidad politics, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago News, Trinidad classifieds, Trinidad TV, Sports, Business
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    Jamaica Gleaner News - Richards re-elected Trinidad president - Tuesday | February 12, 2008 Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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