The NAR's margin was immediately reduced to 27 seats, with six for the UNC and three for the PNM.

The UNC government fell in October 2001 with the defection of three of its parliamentarians amidst allegations of corruption in the then UNC government, and the December 2001 elections resulted in an even 18 to 18 split between the UNC and the PNM.

Party politics has generally run along ethnic lines, with most Afro-Trinidadians supporting the People's National Movement ( PNM ) and most Indo-Trinidadians supporting various Indian-majority parties, such as the current United National Congress ( UNC ) or its predecessors.

Robinson was declared winner of the Tobago seat in 1961 with more votes than there were registered voters, and in the fact that the PNM was able to win every subsequent election until the 1980 Tobago House of Assembly Elections.

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The 2001 elections ended in a tie, with both the Opposition PNM and the governing United National Congress winning 18 seats.

The PNM won this election with 26 of the 41 seats and Manning began his third term as Prime Minister.

On May 24, 2010 Manning, along with the PNM lost the National election to The People's Partnership ( UNC, COP, TOP, NJAC, MSJ ).

It was over this issue that he fell out with the PNM leadership.

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Subsequent to the attempted coup, it aligned itself publicly first with the United National Congress ( in the run-up to the 1995 General Elections ) and later with the People's National Movement ( PNM ), the party which formed the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago until May 2010.

He broke with the PNM party following the Black Power disturbances in 1970 and founded the Action Committee of Democratic Citizens ( ACDC ).

In the 1956 General Elections the PNM captured 13 of the 24 elected seats in the Legislative Council with 38. 7 % of the votes cast.

In the 1958 Federal Elections ( which the PNM contested as part of the West Indies Federal Labour Party ), it won four of the 10 Trinidad and Tobago seats with 47. 4 % of the vote.

In the 1961 General Elections the PNM won 20 of 30 seats with 58 % of the vote.

In the 1966 General Elections the PNM won 24 of 36 seats with 52 % of the vote.

In 1976 the PNM won 24 of 36 seats with 54 % of the vote.

The PNM won 3 of 36 seats with 32 % of the vote.

In 2000 the PNM suffered another defeat, winning 16 of 36 seats with 46 % of the vote.

Another election was held in 2001 which resulted in a tie with both the PNM and UNC winning 18 seats, the PNM with 46 % of the electoral vote and the UNC with 50 %.

Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning ( born 17 August 1946 ) was the fourth and sixth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the former Political Leader of the People's National Movement ( PNM ).

It was formed by former People's National Movement members and opposition parties, including the Organisation for National Reconstruction ( a party established in by PNM dissident Karl Hudson-Phillips in 1980 ), the United Labour Front, the Democratic Action Congress and the Tapia House Movement – the latter three having previously been part of an electoral pact known as the National Alliance.

After the NAR folded, many former ONR members joined the United National Congress, while others returned to the PNM.

Following the Black Power riots and army mutiny in 1970, the DLP allied itself with former PNM Deputy Leader, A. N. R.

'“ I am sorry .” Former People ’ s National Movement councillor, Dansam Dhansook has finally apologised to former PNM ministers Franklin Khan and Eric Williams for the role he played in their wrongful arrests.

No PNM officials appeared at his hearings over the two year duration of the Preliminary Inquuiry, other than then Mayor of San Fernando Ian Atherly and former Councillor Cynthia Pipier of the Port-of-Spain City Corporation.

However, three then Ministers, Fitzgerald Hinds, then a Minister of State and now a Senator in the Opposition, Dr. Keith Rowley ( who was being investigated by the Integrity Commission but has since been exhonerated while a member of the Cabinet and is now the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the PNM ) and Diane Seukeran, former MP for San Fernando West and then a Minister of State spoke to the press in his defense.

Elections held in December 2000 returned the UNC to power when they won 19 seats, while the opposition PNM won 16, and the NAR 1.

The PNM formed the next government after winning 20 seats, while the UNC won 16.

The PNM consolidated their hold on the THA in the January 2005 elections winning 11 seats while the DAC ( which reformed after splintering from the NAR in 2004 ) gained a single seat.

In the 2009 elections held on January 19, 2009, the PNM won 8 seats while a new party, the Tobago Organization of the People won 4 seats.

The support of the PNM government to creole art forms in Carnivals, while their public rejection and ridicule of Hindu art forms, was a particular source of contention for the Hindu minority.

In response to this position, several companies quit the Chamber, including Exelon Corp, PG & E Corp, PNM Resources, and Apple Inc. Nike, Inc has decided to resign from their board of directors position but to continue their membership.

The PNM won the remaining 12 seats and comprises the opposition in parliament.

Although the PNM did not secure a majority in the 31-member Legislative Council, he was able to convince the Secretary of State for the Colonies to allow him to name the five appointed members of the council ( despite the opposition of the Governor, Sir Edward Betham Beetham ).

This made it the opposition in parliament to the ruling People's National Movement ( PNM ) government, which held the other 20 seats.

In the 1971 General Elections the PNM faced only limited opposition as the major opposition parties boycotted the election citing the use of voting machines.

The labour unrest of the 1960s and the Black Power movement of the early 1970s created other blocks of opposition to the PNM, but the DLP leadership was not able to attract these groups to their orbit.

The Late Ashford Sinanan opposition parliamentarian moved the motion to repeal the Shouter Prohibition Act Under the PNM government and was successful.

Unlike the other political parties of the time, the PNM was a highly organized, hierarchical body.

Two major entities contested the election: the incumbent PNM, and a coalition called the People's Partnership, comprising the UNC, COP, TOP ( Tobago Organisation of the People ), and two labour and non-governmental organisations: the National Joint Action Committee and the Movement for Social Justice, led by UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

In 1958 James went back to Trinidad, where he edited The Nation newspaper for the pro-independence People's National Movement ( PNM ) party.

Although the office of President was largely ceremonial ( similar to that of Governor General before the country became a republic ) he was such a popular national figure that he was re-elected in 1992 by the People's National Movement ( PNM ) administration.

President Robinson was the first active politician to be elected to the Presidency, and was the first presidential candidate who was not elected unopposed ( the Opposition People's National Movement ( PNM ) nominated Justice Anthony Lucky as its candidate for President ).

On 27 May 2010, Manning resigned as Political Leader of the party following the party's resounding defeat at the hands of the People's Partnership and currently Dr. Keith Rowley is Political Leader and Leader of the Opposition leading the 12 PNM MPs ( inclusive of himself and Mr. Manning ) in Trinidad and Tobago's Parliament.

Its bargaining position was reduced when two PNM ( People's National Movement ) MPs defected and joined the government as independents.

Born in Port of Spain, Chambers joined the People's National Movement ( PNM ) in 1956, and was elected to Parliament representing the St. Anns East seat.

Robinson won eight seats and the People's National Movement won four seats ( a reversal of the 1977 County Council elections in which the PNM won seven seats and the DAC 4 ).

The party was the party which opposed the People's National Movement ( PNM ) at the time of Independence.

Eric Williams, leader of the newly founded People's National Movement ( PNM ), was aware of Constantine's popular appeal and recruited him.

He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under a People's National Movement ( PNM ) administration, Minister of Communication and Information Technology under a United National Congress ( UNC ) administration, and was a founding member of National Team Unity before returning to the PNM to work as a speech writer for Prime Minister Patrick Manning.