1950 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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1950 Trinidad and Tobago general election
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  1946 18 September 1950 (1950-09-18) 1956  

All 18 seats in the Legislative Council
Turnout70.13 (Increase2.svg 17.21pp)
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Butler Party Tubal Uriah Butler 22.076+3
TUCSP 10.481−1
Labour Party A. P. T. James 7.892+2
POPPG Albert Gomes 3.422New
CSP Patrick Solomon 2.381New
Independents 49.006+5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Subsequent Chief Minister
Albert Gomes
POPPG

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 18 September 1950. [1] The Butler Party emerged as the largest in the Legislative Council, winning six of the 18 seats. Voter turnout was 70%. [2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Butler Party 41,92822.076+3
Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party 19,91710.481–1
Trinidad Labour Party 14,9927.892+2
Trade Union Council 9,0254.750New
Party of Political Progress Groups 6,5073.422New
Caribbean Socialist Party 4,5292.381New
Independents93,10049.006+5
Total189,998100.0018+9
Valid votes189,99895.72
Invalid/blank votes8,4924.28
Total votes198,490100.00
Registered voters/turnout283,05070.13
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p639