Trinidad and Tobago presidential election, 2018 - Wikipedia Trinidad and Tobago presidential election, 2018 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election, 2018 ← 2013 19 January 2018 2023 → Nominee Paula - Mae Weekes Party Independent Electoral vote Unopposed President before election Anthony Carmona Independent Elected President Paula - Mae Weekes Independent Trinidad and Tobago This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Trinidad and Tobago Government President ( list ) Paula - Mae Weekes Prime Minister Keith Rowley Parliament Senate House of Representatives Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad - Bissessar Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice : Ivor Archie Court of Appeal High Court Magistracy Family Court Privy Council committee ( UK ) Elections Recent elections General : 2002 2007 2015 Political parties Local government Administrative divisions Former counties Tobago House of Assembly Foreign relations Minister of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of Trinidad and Tobago to Trinidad and Tobago Passport Visa requirements Other countries Atlas Indirect presidential elections will be held in Trinidad and Tobago on 19 January 2018. On 5 January 2018, the name of Paula - Mae Weekes, a judge of the Turks and Caicos Islands Court of Appeal, was put forward by the PNM government of Prime Minister Keith Rowley in hopes of reaching a consensus with the UNC - led parliamentary opposition of Kamla Persad - Bissessar, which later indeed endorsed her nomination as well. As Weekes was the only nominated candidate on election day, she was deemed elected without the need for a vote. Paula - Mae Weeks thus became the first woman to take office as president of Trinidad and Tobago on 19 March 2018. Contents 1 Electoral method 2 Candidates 2.1 Nominated by the Government : 3 Electoral College 3.1 Partisan make - up of the Electoral College 3.2 Results of the election held on 19 January 2018 4 References Electoral method The President of Trinidad and Tobago is indirectly elected for a 5 - year term by an electoral college comprising all 41 members of the House of Representatives and all 31 members of the Senate. 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 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. Candidates Nominated by the Government : Paula - Mae Weekes, Judge of the Turks and Caicos Islands Court of Appeals Electoral college Partisan make - up of the Electoral College Political Party Seats in House of Representatives Seats in Senate Total % People 's National Movement 23 15 38 52.78 % United National Congress 17 6 23 31.94 % Congress of the People 0 1.39 % Independents 0 10 10 13.89 % Total 41 31 72 100 % Source : http://www.ttparliament.org/ Results of the election held on 19 January 2018 Candidate House of Representatives Senate Total % Paula - Mae Weekes Unopposed Invalid / blank votes Abstained Not present Total 41 31 72 100 % Source : References Jump up ^ http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20180105/news/pms-wise-choice Jump up ^ http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/mesicic3_tto_constitution.pdf Elections in Trinidad and Tobago General elections 1925 1928 1933 1938 1946 1950 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1995 2000 2001 2002 2007 2015 Local elections Trinidad 1946 1953 1956 1959 1968 1971 1977 1980 1992 1999 2003 2013 2016 Tobago 1946 1953 1956 1959 1968 1971 1977 1980 1984 1992 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 West Indies elections 1958 This Trinidad and Tobago article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This Caribbean election - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trinidad_and_Tobago_presidential_election,_2018&oldid=834151276 '' Categories : 2018 elections in the Caribbean Presidential elections in Trinidad and Tobago 2018 in Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago stubs Caribbean election stubs Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2018 Elections using electoral votes All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 4 April 2018, at 05 : 46. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who will be the new president of trinidad and tobago
Answer: Paula-Mae Weekes