Progressive Democratic Party (Trinidad and Tobago)

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The Progressive Democratic Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It contested the 1946 general elections, but received just 515 votes and failed to win a seat. [1] It did not run in the 1950 elections, but returned for the 1956 elections. However, it again failed to win a seat, and did not contest any further elections. [2]

Trinidad and Tobago Island country in the Caribbean Sea

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean. It is situated 130 kilometres south of Grenada off the northern edge of the South American mainland, 11 kilometres off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west.

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References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp639-642 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p637