1946 Trinidad and Tobago general election
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9 seats in the Legislative Council 5 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 1 July 1946, alongside local elections. The Butler Party and the United Front won three seats each. Voter turnout was 53%.[1]
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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United Front | 37,891 | 29.39 | 3 | |
Butler Party | 28,767 | 22.31 | 3 | |
Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party | 22,191 | 17.21 | 2 | |
Trinidad Labour Party | 1,356 | 1.05 | 0 | |
Progressive Democratic Party | 515 | 0.40 | 0 | |
Independents | 38,198 | 29.63 | 1 | |
Total | 128,918 | 100.00 | 9 | |
Valid votes | 128,918 | 93.88 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,408 | 6.12 | ||
Total votes | 137,326 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 259,512 | 52.92 | ||
Source: EBCTT, Caribbean Elections |
Elected members
[edit]Constituency | Member | Party |
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Caroni | Clarence Abidh | Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party |
Eastern Counties | Victor Bryan | Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party |
North Port of Spain | Albert Gomes | United Front |
St George | Chanka Maharaj | British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party |
St Patrick | Timothy Roodal | British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party |
San Fernando | Roy Joseph | United Front |
South Port of Spain | Patrick Solomon | United Front |
Tobago | A. P. T. James | British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party |
Victoria | Ranjit Kumar | Independent |
Source: La Guerre & Girvan[2] |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p639 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ John Gaffar La Guerre & Cherita Girvan (1972) "The general elections of 1946 in Trinidad and Tobago", Social and Economic Studies Vol. 21, No. 2, pp184–204