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2013 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election

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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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as their candidate. As Carmona was the only candidate nominated on election day, a vote did not take place and he was declared elected unopposed. He was sworn in to office on 18 March 2013 as the 5th President of Trinidad and Tobago.
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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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Index

2008
2018

Anthony Carmona
Independent
George Maxwell Richards
Independent
Anthony Carmona
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
Privy Council committee (UK)

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