Results of UNC Internal election

The results of Saturday's internal election of the United National Congress (UNC) show that the Nationalists team led by Deputy Leader Roodal Moonilal scored a landslide victory over all other contenders, with each candidate winning by a wide margin. Moonilal (11,061) and Couva North MP Ramona Ramdial (11,003) received the highest number of votes in the slate.

Chairman Jack Warner, who ran as an independent and did not have a challenger in any of the three slates, scored the highest vote among all the candidates - 12,656. Warner had asked UNC members to give him 15,000 votes. His principal opponent, Ashwani Mahabir, managed to get only 656 votes.

The full results are listed below with the winner of each post highlighted in red:

DEPUTY POLITICAL LEADER: 

Roodal Moonilal: 11,061

Surujrattan Rambachan: 8,117

Marlene Coudray: 7,635 

Fuad Khan: 5,328 

Herbert Volney: 3,593 

Sunil Ramjitsingh: 755 

Shavitta Lochan: 387 

Afifah Mohammed: 408 

James Mohammed: 342 

Elizabeth Mohammed-Ali: 462 

Natasha Navas: 390 

Dougnath Rajkoomar: 111 

CHAIRMAN 

Jack Warner: 12,656 

Ashvani Mahabir: 656 

Mooniram Heru: 201 

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN 

Khadijah Ameen: 8,311 

Lyndira Oudit: 3,654 

Kavita Ramdeo-Dabiedeen: 644 

Denise Carew: 453 

POLICY AND STRATEGY OFFICER 

Collin Partap: 10,562 

Amarnath Jaggasar: 1,141 

Ravi Ramdenny: 603 

Ramish Ramanand: 429 

EDUCATION OFFICER 

Daphne Phillips: 9,957 

Nalini Roopnarine: 1,263 

Glenda Boodram: 872 

Bob Soogrim: 363 

Errol Benjamin: 266 

RESEARCH OFFICER 

Arnold Ram: 9,604 

Nigel Mahabir: 1,037 

Krishna Maharaj: 1,296 

ELECTIONS OFFICER: 

Ramona Ramdial: 11,003 

Raul Henry: 695 

Romeo Suresh Dassrath: 613 

Reynold Chinchamee: 214 

TREASURER

William Archie: 9,189 

Neela Sooklal: 2,190 

PARTY ORGANISER

Chandresh Sharma: 10,722 

Sookram Ali: 820 

Hayman Moonian: 481 

Indar Kamal: 358 

Ramesh Karapan: 188 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICER 

Shane Mohammed: 10,350 

Venetta Rampersad: 1,146 

Nadia Gebodh: 630 

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE - Tobago 

Junior Barrington Thomas: 9,900 

Manohar Singh: 1,276 

Sean Dalipsingh: 874 

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE - East 

Yvette Richards: 9,596 

Vernon Nandee: 976 

Stephan Bhagan: 765 

Peter Madeira: 730 

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE - North 

Don Sylvester: 9,725 

Geewan Ramdeen: 1,193 

Patricia Herry: 417 

Gary G Simmons: 647 

Gail Worrell: 286 

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE - Central

Glenn Ramadharsingh: 11,040 

Krishendath Sooknanan: 692 

Rajendra D Gosine: 640 

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE - South

Shanty Boodram:10,485 

Kenneth Paulsingh: 984 

Andrew Ramsaroop: 834