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Election

An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...

and election results in Trinidad and Tobago

Politics of Trinidad and Tobago

The politics of Trinidad and Tobago function within the framework of a unitary state regulated by a parliamentary democracy modelled on that of the UK, from which the country gained its independence in 1962...

.

Trinidad and Tobago elects on national level a House of Representatives (the Lower House of its legislature

Legislature

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). The head of government

Head of government

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(the Prime Minister) is chosen from among the elected representatives on the basis of his or her command of the support of the majority of legislators. The Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is the legislative branch of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The Parliament is bicameral. It consists of the elected House of Representatives, which has 43 members elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies, and the Senate which has 31...

has two chambers

Bicameralism

In the government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses....

. The House of Representatives
House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
The House of Representatives is the elected Lower House of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The House of Representatives sits in the Red House in Port of Spain. It has 41 members, each elected to represent single-seat constituencies...

has 41 members, elected for a maximum five year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate
Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
The Senate of Trinidad and Tobago is the appointed Upper House of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The Senate sits in the Red House in Port of Spain...

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 so-called 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

Electoral college

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consisting of the members of both houses of Parliament. Other elected bodies include the Local Government bodies in Trinidad

Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

(2 cities, 3 boroughs, 9 Regional Corporations) and the Tobago House of Assembly
Tobago House of Assembly
The Tobago House of Assembly is the local government body responsible for the island of Tobago within the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The THA was established in 1980 to rectify some of the disparities in the relationship between the two islands, though a prior body using the same...

which handles local government in the island of Tobago

Tobago

Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...

and is entrenched in the Constitution.

Until 1925 Trinidad and Tobago was a British Colony ruled through a pure, unelected Crown Colony

Crown colony

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system, although elected Borough and Municipal Councils existed in Port of Spain

Port of Spain

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and San Fernando

San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

The City of San Fernando with a population of 55,419 according to the 2000 census, is the larger of Trinidad and Tobago's two cities and the second largest municipality after Chaguanas. It occupies 18 km² and is located in the southwestern part of the island of Trinidad...

. The first elections to the Legislative Council

Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago

The Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago served as an advisory commission to the Governor in British-ruled Trinidad and Tobago, between 1925 and independence in 1961. The Legislative Council consisted of a mixture of appointed and elected members...

took place in 1925. Seven of the thirteen unofficial members were elected, six unofficials were nominated by the Governor, and twelve official members sat in the Legislative Council on an ex-officio basis. The Governor had the right to an ordinary vote and an additional casting vote, to break any tie. 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 suffrage, during which time there existed an even number of elected and unelected members (excluding the Governor).

Latest elections

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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%

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).

2003 Local Government Elections

People's National Movement

The People's National Movement is the present-day opposition political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Founded in 1955 by Eric Williams, it won the 1956 General Elections and went on to hold power for an unbroken 30 years. After the death of Williams in 1981 George Chambers led the party...

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|United National Congress

United National Congress

The United National Congress is one of the two major political parties in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and one of the parties in the current ruling coalition. It was founded by Basdeo Panday, a lawyer and former trade unionist. The UNC was formed as the result of a split in the ruling...

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|National Alliance for Reconstruction

National Alliance for Reconstruction

The National Alliance for Reconstruction was the governing party in Trinidad and Tobago between 1986 and 1991.-History:The party was established in 1986, aiming to be a multi-racial party...

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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 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%

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%

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%

1983 Local Government Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance	40	34.0%
Organisation for National Reconstruction Organisation for National Reconstruction The Organisation for National Reconstruction was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party received the second-highest number of votes in the 1981 general elections, but failed to win a seat...	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%

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%

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

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%

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%

2009 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

People's National Movement

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Tobago Organization of the People

The Tobago Organisation of the People is an autonomist political party in Tobago formed in 2008, a members of the People's Partnership coalition. Its current leader is Ashworth Jack...

Chief Secretary

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2005 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

People's National Movement

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|Democratic Action Congress

Democratic Action Congress

The Democratic Action Congress was a Tobago-based political party in Trinidad and Tobago.-History:The party was established in 1971 by A. N. R. Robinson, and was originally a autonomist party. It first contested general elections in 1976, in which it won both Tobago seats, taken by Robinson and...

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|National Alliance for Reconstruction

National Alliance for Reconstruction

The National Alliance for Reconstruction was the governing party in Trinidad and Tobago between 1986 and 1991.-History:The party was established in 1986, aiming to be a multi-racial party...

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		--

NAR won; Hochoy Charles re-appointed Chief Secretary

1996 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
National Alliance for Reconstruction	10	59.7%
People's National Movement	1	33.4%
Independents	1	6.2%
Rejected		0.7%

NAR won; Hochoy Charles appointed Chief Secretary

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;

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;

1984 Tobago House of Assembly Elections

Party	Seats Won	Votes
Democratic Action Congress Democratic Action Congress The Democratic Action Congress was a Tobago-based political party in Trinidad and Tobago.-History:The party was established in 1971 by A. N. R. Robinson, and was originally a autonomist party. It first contested general elections in 1976, in which it won both Tobago seats, taken by Robinson and...	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

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

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