1946 Trinidad and Tobago general election

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 October 1946,^[1] alongside local elections. The British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party and the United Front won three seats each. Voter turnout was 83.9%.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
United Front	37,891	29.4	3
British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party	28,767	22.3	3
Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party	22,191	17.2	2
Trinidad Labour Party	1,356	1.1	0
Progressive Democratic Party	515	0.4	0
Independents	38,198	29.6	1
Invalid/blank votes	8,408	–	–
Total	137,281	100	9
Source: Nohlen

Constituency	Member	Party
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^[3]

^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p639
^ 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