Kamla Persad-Bissessar, political leader of the United National Congress, Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago, former Prime Minister, and Member of Parliament for Siparia, went up for re-election with her slate of candidates on the Star Team.

[7] Bharath said he chose not to run against Persad-Bissessar again because he did not want to legitimize what he believed to be a sham process.

[4] Fuad Khan said he accepted the results, but would only concede if the elections were fair and free and he claimed that Persad-Bissessar and her Star Team has influenced the results due to having the upper-hand in her incumbency as political leader of the party.

Independent candidate for Education Officer, Ramona Ramdial, congratulated Persad-Bissessar, but claimed only about 10,000 members voted, not 13,000, and that persons who were not on the party's membership list were able to vote, and that there was open canvassing and voter intimidation by members of Parliament, councillors and activists on behalf of the Star Team at the voting venues and inside the polling stations.

[4] Both Khan and Ramdial pledged their future support for the UNC, but stated not under the current leadership.