POLITICAL analyst Dr Bishnu Ragoonath said the expected extent of the UNC's victory was so great that the party has won a special majority of seats in the House of Representatives, such that it would not necessarily need to be allied with the TPP which seemed set to win the Tobago West and Tobago East seats.

He was speaking as part of a panel discussion on CCN TV6 on the night of April 28, chaired by Marlan Hopkinson.

Minutes earlier, PNM leader Dr Keith Rowley publicly announced he expected his party to win ten-12 seats, losing their marginal seats and other seats.