Constituencies of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago

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Map of the constituencies of Trinidad and Tobago, as of 2010.

As of 2021, the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago has 41 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent islands, each electing a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Representatives by the plurality (first past the post) system of election, ordinarily every five years. Voting last took place in all 41 of those constituencies at the Trinidad and Tobago general election on 7 September 2015, and these results have been counted and verified.

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The number of seats rose from 36 [1] at the 2007 general election after proposals made by the Elections and Boundary Commission were adopted through statutory instruments. Constituencies in Tobago remained unchanged.

Parliamentary constituencies

The current number of polling stations and electors are listed below based on the data for the 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election:

No. Constituency Number of Polling Divisions (2015) [2] Electorate (2015) [3]
1 Arima 4026,384
2 Arouca/Maloney 2426,673
3 Barataria/San Juan 4725.690
4 Caroni Central 3330.107
5 Caroni East 2629,031
6 Chaguanas East 3226,923
7 Chaguanas West 3028,625
8 Couva North 3729,864
9 Couva South 4330,348
10 Cumuto/Manzanilla 5430,468
11 D'Abadie/O'Meara 3230,788
12 Diego Martin Central 4229,609
13 Diego Martin North/East 4229,272
14 Diego Martin West 4829,886
15 Fyzabad 3927,447
16 La Brea 3826,008
17 La Horquetta/Talparo 2927,527
18 Laventille East/Morvant 3926,644
19 Laventille West 2625,585
20 Lopinot/Bon Air West 2927,864
21 Mayaro 4528,834
22 Naparima 4227,066
23 Oropouche East 3528,271
24 Oropouche West 3325,289
25 Point Fortin 4826,003
26 Pointe-à-Pierre 3125,096
27 Port of Spain North/St. Ann's West 6225,003
28 Port of Spain South 6324,754
29 Princes Town 3427,178
30 Moruga/Tableland 3529,043
31 San Fernando East 4325,008
32 San Fernando West 5925,035
33 Siparia 3428,663
34 St. Ann's East 4129,454
35 St. Augustine 4028,094
36 St. Joseph 4328,452
37 Tabaquite 3828,832
38 Tobago East 3223,103
39 Tobago West 3527,686
40 Toco/Sangre Grande 3831,096
41 Tunapuna 3627,433
Total15971,134,136

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References

  1. ↑ "The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0". legacy.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Data on the Electorate for the 2020 Parliamentary Elections | Elections And Boundaries Commission" . Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Data on the Electorate for the 2020 Parliamentary Elections | Elections And Boundaries Commission" . Retrieved 20 April 2021.

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