2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election

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2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election

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73 members of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
37 Electoral votes needed to win
  Professor George Maxwell Richards 1 (cropped 2).jpg Anthony Carmona.jpg
Nominee George Maxwell Richards Anthony Carmona (Write-in)
Party Independent Independent
Electoral vote 72 0
Popular vote 310,556 652
Percentage 98.6% 0.0001%

President before election

George Maxwell Richards
Independent

Elected President

George Maxwell Richards
Independent

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

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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