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The general election yesterday resulted in a political earthquake with a new preliminary configuration of 26-13-2 in the 13th Parliament.

Preliminary figures show 26 seats for the UNC, 13 for the PNM and two for the TPP.

The PNM lost. And badly. The country has gone yellow to the UNC. With 26 seats in the bag, the UNC has won a constitutional majority in a virtual reboot of 2010. (In 2010 the UNC-led coalition then known as the People’s Partnership won 29 seats against the PNM’s 12.