FARLEY AUGUSTINE, head the Tobago People's Party (TPP), snatched 60 per cent of votes cast island-wide in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections on January 12. The TPP made a clear sweep, winning all 15 seats on offer and displacing the sole PNM member Kelvon Morris from his Darrel Spring/Whim seat by just 17 votes.

The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) in a statement on January 13 said the TPP had won 16,240 votes, ahead of the PNM's 10,456 votes.

Newsday calculated the TPP tally to be 60.8 per cent of valid votes cast.