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An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, [1] a central [2] or state election commission, [3] or an election board, [4] an electoral council [5] or an electoral court. [6]
Political parties registered with the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) can contest the general election as a party. [7]The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Representatives is the person who is called on by the president to form a government as Prime Minister, while the leader of the largest party or coalition not in government becomes the Leader of ...
The 2023 Trinidadian local elections were held on Monday, August 14, 2023, across all 141 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 ...
A local election for 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly was held on 21 January 2013. The election was a clean sweep by the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement, winning all 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly, the only time this feat has ever been accomplished in elections in Trinidad and Tobago.
The first elections to the Legislative Council 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.
Political parties registered with the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) can contest the general election as a party. [15]The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Representatives is the person who is called on by the president to form a government as prime minister, while the leader of the largest party or coalition not in government becomes the Leader of ...
Local elections in Trinidad and Tobago were held on 2 December 2019, [1] contesting 139 electoral districts across Trinidad's 14 municipal corporation electoral areas. [2] [3] [4] With the exception of those areas that have had boundary changes, the seats up for election were last contested in the 2016 local elections.
Early general elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 10 December 2001, [1] after the ruling United National Congress lost its majority in the House of Representatives following four defections. [2] However, the election results saw the UNC and the People's National Movement both win 18 seats.