1966 Trinidad and Tobago general election
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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 7 November 1966.[1] The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won 24 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 65.8%.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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People's National Movement | 158,573 | 52.4 | 24 | +4 |
Democratic Labour Party | 102,792 | 34.0 | 12 | +2 |
Liberal Party | 26,870 | 8.9 | 0 | New |
Workers and Farmers Party | 10,484 | 3.5 | 0 | New |
People's Democratic Party | 943 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party | 704 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Seukeran Independent Party | 569 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Independents | 1,467 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 146 | – | – | – |
Total | 302,548 | 100 | 36 | +6 |
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p640