Next Trinidad and Tobago general election

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Next Trinidad and Tobago general election
← 2020 By 2025
All 41 seats in the House of Representatives
21 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Keith Rowley [a] Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Party PNM UNC
Leader since 26 May 2010 24 January 2010
Leader's seat Diego Martin West Siparia
Last election 22 Seats, 49.08% 19 Seats, 47.09%
Current seats 22 19
Seats needed Steady Increase 2
Trinidad and Tobago Constituency Map (2010-present).svg
Incumbent Prime Minister

Keith Rowley
PNM



General elections will be held in Trinidad and Tobago by 2025, to elect 41 members to the 13th Trinidad and Tobago Republican Parliament.

Electoral system[]

The 41 members of the House of Representatives are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. Registered voters must be 18 years and over, must reside in an electoral district/constituency for at least two months prior to the qualifying date, be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago or a Commonwealth citizen residing legally in Trinidad and Tobago for a period of at least one year.

If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the Government, with its leader as Prime Minister. If the election results in no single party having a majority, then there is a hung parliament. In this case, the options for forming the Government are either a minority government or a coalition government.[1]

Parties and candidates[]

Political parties registered with the (EBC) can contest the general election as a party.[2]

The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Representatives is the person who is called on by the president to form a government as Prime Minister, while the leader of the largest party or coalition not in government becomes the Leader of the Opposition.[3]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Rowley has stated he is likely to step down by the next election, and as a result — a leadership election is scheduled for 2022.

References[]

  1. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago Parliament". www.ttparliament.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  2. ^ "Assigning Political Party Symbols". Trinidad and Tobago Elections And Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Glossary of Parliamentary Terms". Trinidad and Tobago Parliament. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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