Siparia | |
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Constituency for the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago | |
Electorate | 27,920 (2015) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1961 |
Number of members | 1 |
Member of Parliament | Kamla Persad-Bissessar (UNC) |
Siparia is a parliamentary electoral district in Trinidad and Tobago in the south of Trinidad. It has been represented since 1995 by Kamla Persad-Bissessar of the United National Congress. [1]
The constituency was created prior to the 1961 general election. It borders the constituencies of Moruga/Tableland, La Brea, Oropouche East, Oropouche West, Naparima and Fyzabad. The main towns are Siparia, Penal, Sadhoowa, Mendez, and Morne Diablo. It had an electorate of 27,920 as of 2015. [2] [3]
This constituency has elected the following members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago: [2]
Election | Years | Member | Party | Notes | ||
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1961 | 4 December 1961 – 7 November 1966 | Ashford Sinanan | DLP | [4] | ||
1966 | 7 November 1966 – 24 May 1971 | Roopnarine Rambachan | [5] | |||
1971 | 24 May 1971 – 13 September 1976 | Horace Paul Charles | PNM | [6] | ||
1976 | 13 September 1976 – 9 November 1981 | Raffique Shah | ULF | [7] | ||
1981 | 9 November 1981 – 15 December 1986 | Govindra Roopnarine | [8] | |||
1986 | 15 December 1986 – 16 December 1991 | Govindra Roopnarine | NAR | |||
1991 | 16 December 1991 – 6 November 1995 | Sahid Hosein | UNC | [9] | ||
1995 | 6 November 1995 – Present | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | [10] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UNC | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | 13,900 | 83.0% | ![]() | |
PNM | Natasha Mohammed | 2,412 | 14.4% | ![]() | |
PF | Judy Sookdeo | 374 | 2.2% | ![]() | |
Majority | 11,488 | 68.6% | |||
Turnout | 16,740 | 57.53% | |||
Registered electors | 29,096 | ||||
UNC hold | Swing | % |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UNC | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | 13,487 | 77.77 | ||
PNM | Rebecca Jessica Dipnarine | 3,855 | 22.23 | ||
Majority | 9,632 | 55.54 | |||
Turnout | 17,342 | 60.5 | |||
UNC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UNC | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | 14,896 | 75.8 | ||
PNM | Vidya Deokiesingh | 4,755 | 24.2 | ||
Majority | 10,141 | 51.61 | |||
Turnout | 19,651 | 70.38 | |||
UNC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UNC | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | 15,650 | 78.62 | ||
PNM | Vidya Deokiesingh | 4,175 | 20.97 | ||
Majority | 11,475 | 57.64 | |||
Turnout | 19,907 | 74.68 | |||
UNC hold | Swing |