Indirect presidential elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 11 February 2008.Electoral Calendar- world elections, US elections, presidential election, world parties
The incumbent George Maxwell Richards was expected to be reelected after being approved as the only nominee by 15 MPs on 4 February 2008.Caribbean Net News: Trinidad president to get second five-year term in office
The election was held through an electoral college consisting of a joint sitting of the two houses of parliament consisting of 72 representatives, and Richards was reelected as expected.Jamaica Gleaner News - Richards re-elected Trinidad president - Tuesday | February 12, 2008 Trinidad News, Trinidad Newspaper, Trinidad Sports, Trinidad politics, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago News, Trinidad classifieds, Trinidad TV, Sports, Business
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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