1950 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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1950 Trinidad and Tobago general election
Trinidad and Tobago
← 1946 18 September 1950 (1950-09-18) 1956 →

All 18 seats in the Legislative Council
Turnout70.1%[1](Increase 17.2 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Butler Party Tubal Uriah Butler 22.1 6 +3
TUCSP 10.5 1 -1
Labour Party A. P. T. James 7.9 2 +2
POPPG Albert Gomes 3.4 2 New
CSP 2.4 1 New
Independents 49.0 6 +5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Subsequent Chief Minister
Albert Gomes
(Party of Political Progress Groups)

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 18 September 1950.[2] The result was a victory for the Butler Party, which won 6 of the 18 seats. Voter turnout was 70.1%.[3]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Butler Party41,92822.076+3
Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party19,91710.481–1
Trinidad Labour Party14,9927.892+2
Trade Union Council9,0254.750New
Party of Political Progress Groups6,5073.422New
Caribbean Socialist Party4,5292.381New
Independents93,10049.006+5
Total189,998100.0018+9
Valid votes189,99895.72
Invalid/blank votes8,4924.28
Total votes198,490100.00
Registered voters/turnout283,05070.13
Source: Nohlen

References[]

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