1966 Trinidad and Tobago general election
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All 36 seats in the House of Representatives 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 7 November 1966.[2] The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won 24 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 65.8%.[3]
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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People's National Movement | 158,573 | 52.44 | 24 | +4 | |
Democratic Labour Party | 102,792 | 33.99 | 12 | +2 | |
Liberal Party | 26,870 | 8.89 | 0 | New | |
Workers and Farmers Party | 10,484 | 3.47 | 0 | New | |
People's Democratic Party | 943 | 0.31 | 0 | New | |
Butler Party | 704 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Seukeran Independent Party | 569 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 1,467 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 302,402 | 100.00 | 36 | +6 | |
Valid votes | 302,402 | 99.95 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 146 | 0.05 | |||
Total votes | 302,548 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 459,839 | 65.79 | |||
Source: Nohlen |
References
[edit]- ^ Nohlen, p640
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p640