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The 41 members of the House of Representatives are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.Registered voters must be 18 years and over, must reside in an electoral district/constituency for at least two months prior to the qualifying date, be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago or a Commonwealth citizen residing legally in Trinidad and Tobago for a period of at least ...
Until 1925 Trinidad and Tobago was a British colony ruled through a pure, unelected Crown Colony system, although elected borough and municipal councils existed in Port of Spain and San Fernando. The first elections to the Legislative Council took place in 1925.
Ravi Balgobin Maharaj is a political commentator and social activist in Trinidad and Tobago, known for his legal challenges against government actions and his alignment with the United National Congress (UNC). Maharaj has been involved in several high-profile cases, particularly those related to constitutional matters and government accountability.
Elections to the Tobago House of Assembly have taken place every 4–5 years since its establishment in 1980. There are twelve electoral districts, each electing one representative. There are twelve electoral districts, each electing one representative.
The 41 members of the House of Representatives are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.Registered voters must be 18 years and over, must reside in an electoral district/constituency for at least two months prior to the qualifying date, be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago or a Commonwealth citizen residing legally in Trinidad and Tobago for a period of at least ...
The 2023 Trinidadian local elections were held on Monday, August 14, 2023, across all 41 electoral districts in Trinidad's 14 municipal corporation electoral areas.The elections follow a 3-2 ruling on May 18, 2023, from the United Kingdom's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's highest court of appeal, which stated that the government's one-year ...
Constituencies of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago No. Name Number of polling divisions (2020) [2] Electorate (2020) [2] 1 Arima: 40 26,384 2 Arouca/Maloney: 24 26,673 3 Barataria/San Juan: 47 25.690 4 Caroni Central: 33 30.107 5 Caroni East: 26 29,031 6 Chaguanas East: 32 26,923 7 Chaguanas West: 30 28,625 8 Couva North: 37 ...
As with elections to the parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, the 137 local representatives up for election were chosen using the First Past the Post system, in which the candidate with the most votes in each district was duly elected. Voters could cast one vote for the candidate of their choice.