Resh­ma Ra­goonath

San Fer­nan­do may­or Mar­lene Coudray is now one of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress's (UNC) deputy po­lit­i­cal lead­ers. Yes­ter­day, UNC elec­tions com­mit­tee chair­man, Khem­chan Ram­dath, in a re­lease, de­clared Coudray the win­ner ahead of Health Min­is­ter Dr Fuad Khan. The for­mer Con­gress of the Peo­ple (COP) mem­ber de­feat­ed Khan by 2,307 votes. She re­ceived 7,635 votes in Sat­ur­day's UNC in­ter­nal elec­tions.

Ch­agua­nas West MP and Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jack Austin Warn­er was re-elect­ed with an avalanche of 12,000 votes ahead of his clos­est ri­val, Ash­vani Ma­habir, who could on­ly muster 656 votes. Mooni­ram Heru, the third can­di­date who chal­lenged Warn­er re­ceived a pal­try, 201 votes.

How­ev­er, the elec­tions be­longed to Hous­ing and En­vi­ron­ment Min­is­ter Dr Roodal Mooni­lal and his Na­tion­al­ists slate as they won al­most all the Na­tion­al Ex­ec­u­tive po­si­tions. Warn­er was the on­ly oth­er can­di­date, out­side of the Na­tion­al­ists slate, to win his post. He re­ceived 12,656 votes from Sat­ur­day's elec­tions, as he topped all the can­di­dates at­tain­ing the high­est num­ber of bal­lots.

Al­though the in­ter­nal elec­tions saw the re-emer­gence of for­mer Prime Min­is­ter Bas­deo Pan­day in the po­lit­i­cal lime­light as he backed the Gen­er­a­tion Next slate, its can­di­dates failed to cap­ture a post.

The fol­low­ing is the de­c­la­ra­tion by chair­man of the In­ter­nal Elec­tion Com­mit­tee of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress of the re­sults of the elec­tions held on Sat­ur­day March 24th, 2012 for po­si­tions on the Na­tion­al Ex­ec­u­tive.

UNC In­ter­nal Elec­tion re­sults

Deputy po­lit­i­cal leader

Coudray, Mar­lene 7,635 votes

Khan, Fuad 5,328 votes

Lochan, Shavit­ta 387 votes

Mo­hammed, Afi­fah 408 votes

Mo­hammed, James 342 votes

Mo­hammed-Ali, Eliz­a­beth 462 votes

Mooni­lal, Roodal 11,061 votes

Navas, Natasha M 390 votes

Ra­jkoomar, Doug­nath 111 votes

Ram­bachan, Su­ru­jrat­tan 8,117votes

Ramjits­ingh, Sunil 755votes

Vol­ney, Her­bert 3,593 votes

Roodal Mooni­lal, Su­ru­jrat­tan Ram­bachan and Mar­lene Coudray-win­ners

Chair­man

Heru, Mooni­ram 201 votes

Ma­habir, Ash­vani 656 votes

Warn­er, Jack A 12,656 votes

Jack A Warn­er-win­ner

Deputy chair­man

Ameen, Khadi­jah 8,311 votes

Carew, Denise 453 votes

Ou­dit, Lyn­di­ra 3,654 votes

Ramdeo-Dabiedeen, Kavi­ta 644 votes

Khadi­jah Ameen-win­ner

Pol­i­cy and strat­e­gy of­fi­cer

Jag­gasar, Amar­nath 1,141 votes

Par­tap, Collin J 10,562 votes

Ra­manand, Ramish 429 votes

Ram­den­ny, Ravi 603 votes

Collin J. Par­tap-win­ner

Ed­u­ca­tion of­fi­cer

Ben­jamin, Er­rol 266 votes

Boodram, Glen­da 872 votes

Phillips, Daphne 9,957 votes

Roop­nar­ine, Nali­ni 1,263 votes

Soogrim, Bob 363 votes

Daphne Phillips-win­ner

Re­search of­fi­cer

Ma­habir, Nigel 1,037 votes

Ma­haraj, Kr­ish­na 1,296 votes

Ram, Arnold 9,604 votes

Arnold Ram-win­ner

Elec­tion of­fi­cer

Chin­chamee, Reynold 214 votes

Dass­rath, Romeo Suresh 613 votes

Hen­ry, Raul 695 votes

Ram­di­al, Ra­mona 11,003 votes

Ra­mona Ram­di­al-win­ner

Trea­sur­er

Archie, William 9,189 votes

Sook­lal, Neela 2,190 votes

William Archie-win­ner

Par­ty or­gan­is­er

Ali, Sookram 820 votes

Ka­mal, In­dar 358 votes

Kara­pan, Ramesh 188 votes

Moon­ian, Hay­man 481 votes

Shar­ma, Chan­dresh LD 10,722 votes

Chan­dresh Shar­ma-win­ner

In­ter­na­tion­al re­la­tions of­fi­cer

Ge­bodh, Na­dia 630 votes

Mo­hammed, Shane 10,350 votes

Ram­per­sad, Venet­ta 1,146 votes

Shane Mo­hammed-win­ner

Re­gion­al rep­re­sen­ta­tive (To­ba­go)

Dalips­ingh, Sean 874 votes

Singh, Manohar 1,276 votes

Thomas, Ju­nior Bar­ring­ton 9,900 votes

Ju­nior Bar­ring­ton Thomas-win­ner

Re­gion­al rep­re­sen­ta­tive (East)

Bha­gan, Stephan 765 votes

Madeira, Pe­ter 730 votes

Nandee, Ver­non 976 votes

Richards, Yvette 9,596 votes

Yvette Richards-win­ner

Re­gion­al Rep­re­sen­ta­tive (North)

Her­ry, Pa­tri­cia 417 votes

Ramdeen, Gee­wan 1,193 votes

Sim­mons, Gary G. 647 votes

Sylvester, Don 9,725 votes

Wor­rell, Gail 286 votes

Don Sylvester-win­ner

Re­gion­al Rep­re­sen­ta­tive (Cen­tral)

Go­sine, Ra­jen­dra D 640 votes

Ra­mad­hars­ingh, Glenn 11,040 votes

Sook­nanan, Kr­ishen­dath 692 votes

Glenn Ra­mad­hars­ingh-win­ner

Re­gion­al Rep­re­sen­ta­tive (South)

Boodram, Shan­ty 10,485 votes

Pauls­ingh, Ken­neth 984 votes

Ram­sa­roop, An­drew 834 votes

Shan­ty Boodram-win­ner