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Elections in Trinidad and Tobago

Elections in Trinidad and Tobago gives information on election and election results in Trinidad and Tobago.

Trinidad and Tobago elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 36 members, elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 31 members: 16 Government Senators appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, 6 Opposition Senators appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition and 9 Independent Senators appointed by the President to represent other sectors of civil society. The president is elected for a five year term by an electoral college consisting of the members of both houses of Parliament. Other elected bodies include the Local Government bodies in Trinidad (2 cities, 3 boroughs, 8 Regional Corporations) and the Tobago House of Assembly which handles local government in Tobago.

Trinidad and Tobago has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Until 1925 Trinidad and Tobago was directly ruled from Britain as a Crown Colony, although elected Borough Councils existed in Port-of-Spain and San Fernando. The first elections to the Legislative Council took place in 1925. Seven of the thirteen members were elected, the others were nominated by the Governor. The franchise was determined by income, property and residence qualifications, and was limited to men over the age of 21 and women over the age of 30. The 1946 elections were the first with universal adult sufferage.

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1 Last elections

1.1 2005 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Last elections

General Elections were last held on October 7, 2002. The People's National Movement won 20 seats and the United National Congress won 16 seats. PNM leader Patrick Manning was re-appointed Prime Minister.

2005 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	11	58.4%
Democratic Action Congress	1	40.3%
National Alliance for Reconstruction	0	0.0%
Independents	0	0.0%
Rejected		??%

PNM won; Orville London was re-appointed Chief Secretary.

Past elections

2001 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	0	1.1%
People's National Movement	18	46.3%
United National Congress	18	49.7%
Team Unity	0	2.5%
National Democratic Organisation	0	0.0%
Rejected		0.4%

Hung Parliament; Patrick Manning appointed Prime Minister

2001 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	4	38.4%
People's National Movement	8	46.7%
United National Congress	0	7.8%
People's Empowerment Party	0	7.1%
Rejected		--

PNM won; Orville London appointed Chief Secretary

2000 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	1	1.2%
People's National Movement	16	46.2%
United National Congress	19	51.5%
People's Empowerment Party	0	0.3%
The Mercy Society	0	0.0%
Independents	0	0.2%
Rejected		0.4%

UNC won; Basdeo Panday re-appointed Prime Minister

1999 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	0	0.2%
People's National Movement	67	46.3%
United National Congress	57	51.5%
PPM	0	0.0%
Independents	0	1.0%
Rejected		0.9%

1996 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	11	59.7%
People's National Movement	1	33.4%
Independents	0	6.2%
Rejected		0.7%

NAR won; Hochoy Charles appointed Chief Secretary

1996 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	0	5.6%
People's National Movement	63	43.7%
United National Congress	61	49.9%
Independents	0	0.6%
Rejected		0.8%

1995 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	2	4.8%
People's National Movement	17	48.8%
United National Congress	17	45.8%
Natural Law Party	0	0.3%
Movement for Unity and Progress	0	0.4%
National Transformation Movement	0	0.0%
The People's Voice	0	0.0%
Rejected		0.9%

Coalition government between UNC and NAR; Basdeo Panday appointed Prime Minister

1992 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	11	58.2%
People's National Movement	1	36.7%
Independents	0	4.2%
Rejected		0.8%

NAR won;

1992 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	0	11.0%
People's National Movement	86	50.3%
United National Congress	53	36.9%
Independents	0	0.8%
Rejected		1.0%

1991 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	2	24.4%
People's National Movement	21	44.8%
United National Congress	13	28.9%
National Joint Action Committee	0	1.1%
Independents	0	0.3%
Rejected		0.5%

PNM won; Patrick Manning appointed Prime Minister

1988 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	11	63.5%
People's National Movement	1	35.8%
Independents	0	0.4%
Rejected		0.4%

NAR won;

1987 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	79	58.5%
People's National Movement	46	39.3%
People's Popular Movement	0	0.1%
Progressive Workers Democrat Movement	0	0.0%
Independents	0	1.6%
Rejected		0.6%

1986 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	33	65.8%
People's National Movement	3	31.8%
National Joint Action Committee	0	1.5%
People's Popular Movement	0	0.1%
Independents	0	0.0%
Rejected		0.7%

NAR won; A.N.R. Robinson appointed Prime Minister

1984 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
Democratic Action Congress	11	56.6%
People's National Movement	1	41.4%
National Joint Action Committee	0	1.2%
Rejected		0.6%

DAC won; A.N.R Robinson re-appointed Chairman

1983 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance	40	34.0%
Organisation for National Reconstruction	26	20.1%
People's National Movement	54	39.1%
National Joint Action Committee	0	5.3%
Curepe United People's Committee	0	0.1%
Independents	0	0.5%
Rejected		0.9%

1981 General Election

Party	Seats Won	Votes
Democratic Action Committee	2	3.7%
Organisation for National Reconstruction	0	22.1%
People's National Movement	26	52.6%
United Labour Front	8	15.1%
National Joint Action Committee	0	3.3%
Tapia House Movement	0	2.3%
National Freedom Party	0	0.2%
Fargo House Movement	0	0.0%
People's Republican Party	0	0.0%
Trinidad Labour Party	0	0.0%
West Indian Political Congress Movement	0	0.0%
Independents	0	0.0%
Rejected		0.6%

PNM won; George Chambers re-appointed Prime Minister

1980 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
Democratic Action Committee	8	52.8%
People's National Movement	4	44.4%
Fargo House Movement	0	0.0%
Rejected		0.6%

DAC won; A.N.R Robinson appointed Chairman

1980 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	100	57.8%
United Labour Front	9	31.9%
Point Fortin Vigilante Welfare Group	0	1.3%
Tapia House Movement	0	0.4%
Independents	4	7.6%
Rejected		1.0%

1977 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
Democratic Action Committee	4	6.6%
People's National Movement	69	51.1%
United Labour Front	27	37.8%
Democratic Labour Party	0	1.2%
Tapia House Movement	0	0.3%
Independents	0	2.4%
Rejected		0.7%

1976 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
Democratic Action Committee	2	6.6%
People's National Movement	24	53.6%
United Labour Front	10	26.9%
Tapia House Movement	0	3.8%
Democratic Liberation Party	0	3.0%
Social Democratic Labour Party	0	1.9%
West Indian National Party	0	0.4%
Liberation Action Party	0	0.3%
United Freedom Party	0	0.3%
National Trinidad and Tobago Party	0	0.0%
Young People's National Party	0	0.0%
Independents	0	0.5%
Rejected		1.2%

PNM won; Eric Williams re-appointed Prime Minister

1971 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	90	52.1%
National Progressive Party	1	4.0%
Independents	9	43.8%
Rejected		0.0%

Election boycott

1971 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	36	84.1%
Democratic Liberation Party	0	12.6%
African National Congress	0	2.4%
Independents	0	0.8%
Rejected		0.1%

Election boycott; PNM won; Eric Williams re-appointed Prime Minister

1968 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	68	49.4%
Democratic Labour Party	28	40.0%
United Country Group, St Andrew-St. David	0	0.8%
Independents	4	9.3%
Rejected		0.0%

1966 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	68	49.4%
Democratic Labour Party	28	40.0%
Liberal Party	0	8.9%
Workers and Farmers Party	0	3.5%
People's Democratic Party	0	0.3%
Butler Party	0	0.2%
Seukeran Independent Party	0	0.2%
Independents	4	0.5%
Rejected		0.1%

PNM won; Eric Williams re-appointed Prime Minister

1961 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	20	57.0%
Democratic Labour Party	10	41.7%
Butler Party	0	0.4%
African National Congress	0	0.5%
Independents	4	0.5%
Rejected		0.0%

PNM won; Eric Williams re-appointed Prime Minister

1959 County Council Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	34	48.1%
Democratic Labour Party	33	41.6%
Butler Party	2	2.9%
Independents	3	2.7%
Rejected		0.8%

1958 Federal Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	4	47.4%
Democratic Labour Party	6	47.4%
Butler Party	0	4.9%
Independents	0	0.2%
Rejected		1.8%

1956 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
People's National Movement	13	38.7%
Butler Party	2	11.4%
People's Democratic Party	5	20.3%
Trinidad Labour Party-National Democratic Party	2	5.0%
Party of Political Progress Groups	0	5.2%
Caribbean National Labour Party	0	1.4%
West Indian Independence Party	0	0.2%
Caribbean People's Democratic Party	0	0.2%
Independents	2	14.9%
Rejected		2.6%

PNM won; Eric Williams appointed Chief Minister

1950 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
Butler Home Rule Party	7	23.4%
Political Progress Groups	2	3.3%
Caribbean Socialist Party	2	12.4%
Trinidad Labour Party	2	7.7%
Trades Union Council	0	4.5%
Independents	6	46.7%
Rejected		4.3%

(A.P.T. James contested and won the Tobago seat on both a Butler Party and CSP ticket; James' votes are only counted in the Butler Party total).

1946 General Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
United Front	3	21.7%
British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party	3	23.7%
Trades Union Council and Caribbean Socialist Party	2	16.1%
Trinidad Labour Party	1	11.7%
Progressive Democratic Party	0	0.4%
Independents	1	30.2%
Rejected		6.1%

(Timothy Roodal contested and won the St. Patrick seat on both a BECWHRP and TLP ticket; Roodal's votes are only counted for the BECWHRP).

References

Meighoo, Kirk. 2003. Politics in a Half Made Society: Trinidad and Tobago, 1925-2002 ISBN 1558763066

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