section_path: History/Second return to opposition (2015–2025)/2016 local election
section_name: 2016 local election
paragraph_text: 2016 local election
  
  In the 2016 local election, the party won 54 of the 137 seats in the elections and held the majority in 6 of the 14 local councils. According to the election authorities, three of the UNC's candidates were found ineligible or withdrew themselves before polling day, resulting in a walkover victory for the PNM in one district.