2017 Tobago House of Assembly election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = {{nowrap|2017 Tobago House of Assembly election}}

| country = Trinidad and Tobago

| type = parliamentary

| party_colour =

| previous_election = 2013 Tobago House of Assembly election

| previous_year = 2013

| next_election = January 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election

| next_year = January 2021

| seats_for_election = All 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly

| majority_seats = 7

| turnout = 50.20% ({{decrease}} 19.88 pp)

| election_date = 23 January 2017

| image1 = Kelvin Charles (cropped2).jpg

| colour1 =

| leader1 = {{nowrap|Kelvin Charles}}

| leader_since1 = 3 July 2016

| leaders_seat1 = Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden

| party1 = Tobago Council of the People's National Movement

| last_election1 = 12 seats, 61.42%

| seats1 = 10

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 2

| popular_vote1 = 13,310

| percentage1 = 54.68%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 6 pp

| image2 = Watson Duke 2017 (cropped).jpg

| colour2 =

| leader2 = {{nowrap|Watson Duke}}

| leader_since2 = 2 July 2016

| leaders_seat2 = Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford

| party2 = Progressive Democratic Patriots

| last_election2 = New

| seats2 = 2

| seat_change2 = New

| popular_vote2 = 7,537

| percentage2 = 30.96%

| swing2 = New

| map = 300px

| map_caption = Results map for the 2017 Tobago House of Assembly general election, where the following colours denote each respective party:

{{legend|#D71A16|Tobago Council of the People's National Movement}}

| title = Chief Secretary

| before_election = Orville London

| before_party = PNM

| after_election = Kelvin Charles

| after_party = PNM

| opinion polling =

| ongoing =

}}

House of Assembly elections were held in Tobago on 23 January 2017. The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won ten of the twelve seats in the Tobago House of Assembly.{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.co.tt/news/new-tha-chief-secretary-takes-oath-today-6.2.348959.3cb35a948b|title=New THA Chief Secretary takes oath today}}{{cite web |url=https://ebctt.com/wp-content/uploads/Report-on-the-THA-Elections-2017.pdf |title=Report on the Tobago House of Assembly Elections, January 2017 |publisher=Elections and Boundaries Commission |date=27 December 2017 }}

Results

class="wikitable sortable"

!Constituency

!Movement for Transformation

!People's National Movement

!Progressive Democratic Patriots

!Tobago Forwards

!Invalid ballots

!Total

!Electorate

!Turnout

Parlatuvier/L' Anse Fourmi/Speyside

|0

|926

|1,095

|111

|4

|2,136

|3,650

|58.52%

Goodwood/Belle Garden West

|0

|953

|948

|332

|8

|2,241

|4,142

|54.10%

Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford

|14

|949

|1,261

|34

|3

|2,261

|3,741

|60.44%

Scarborough/Calder Hall

|0

|1,130

|512

|184

|8

|1,834

|4,076

|45.00%

Lambeau/Signal Hill

|0

|1,185

|424

|372

|11

|1,992

|4,343

|45.87%

Bacolet/Mt. St. George

|0

|1,157

|425

|191

|12

|1,785

|3,683

|48.47%

Canaan/Bon Accord

|0

|1,188

|547

|197

|5

|1,937

|4,000

|48.43%

Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant

|0

|1,291

|319

|266

|9

|1,885

|4,363

|43.20%

Bethel/Mt Irvine

|0

|1,184

|283

|674

|4

|2,145

|4,370

|49.08%

Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah

|28

|1,089

|800

|129

|3

|2,049

|4,265

|48.04%

Plymouth/Golden Lane

|0

|1,012

|493

|434

|10

|1,949

|3,857

|50.53%

Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden

|17

|1,246

|430

|428

|8

|2,129

|4,490

|47.42%

rowspan="2" |Total

|59

|13,310

|7,537

|3,352

|85

|24,343

|48,490

|50.20%

0.24%

|54.87%

|31.07%

|13.82%

| colspan="4" |–

Swing

|New

|{{Decrease}} 6.55%

|New

| colspan="4" |–

= Control =

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! Electoral District

! colspan="2" | Previous control

! colspan="2" | Subsequent control

Bacolet/Mt. St. George