A to­tal of 161 can­di­dates will be con­test­ing the up­com­ing Par­lia­men­tary Elec­tions on April 28, the Elec­tion and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion (EBC) has con­firmed.

A state­ment by the EBC lists 17 po­lit­i­cal par­ties that have field­ed can­di­dates for the up­com­ing gen­er­al elec­tion.

The Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment is the on­ly par­ty con­test­ing all 41 seats.

The Pa­tri­ot­ic Front will con­test 37, fol­lowed by the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress with 34 and the Na­tion­al Trans­for­ma­tion Al­liance with 17.

There will al­so be three in­de­pen­dent can­di­dates in the 2025 race.

The in­de­pen­dents are Ernesto Singh in Ch­agua­nas East, Vi­vian John­son in Port-of-Spain North/St Ann's West and Leroy Richard Kel­ton George in To­ba­go West.

The list is as fol­lows:

All Peo­ple's Par­ty - 8

Class Ac­tion Re­form Move­ment - 1

Con­gress of the Peo­ple - 2

In­no­v­a­tive De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Al­liance - 2

Move­ment for Na­tion­al De­vel­op­ment - 1

Na­tion­al Coali­tion for Trans­for­ma­tion - 2

Na­tion­al Trans­for­ma­tion Al­liance - 17

New Na­tion­al Vi­sion - 1

Pa­tri­ot­ic Front - 37

Peo­ple's De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Pa­tri­ots - 2

Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment - 41

Pro­gres­sive Em­pow­er­ment Par­ty - 3

The Hyari­ma Move­ment - 1

To­ba­go Peo­ple's Par­ty - 2

Trinidad Hu­man­i­ty Cam­paign - 3

Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress - 34

Uni­ty of the Peo­ple - 1

A to­tal of 19 po­lit­i­cal par­ties con­test­ed the 2020 gen­er­al elec­tion.