Trinidad and Tobago presidential election, 2008

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Indirect presidential elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 11 February 2008.^[1]

The incumbent George Maxwell Richards was expected to be reelected after being approved as the only nominee by 15 MPs on 4 February 2008.^[2]

The election was held through an electoral college consisting of a joint sitting of the two houses of parliament consisting of 73 representatives,^[3] and Richards was reelected as expected.^[4]

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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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 2010 2015
Local elections	Trinidad 1946 1953 1956 1959 1968 1971 1977 1980 1983 1989 1992 1996 1999 2003 2010 2013 2016 Tobago 1946 1953 1956 1959 1968 1971 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2001 2005 2009 2013
West Indies elections	1958