1976 Trinidad and Tobago general election

General election in Trinidad and Tobago

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13 September 1976 (1976-09-13)

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All 36 seats in the House of Representatives
19 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

55.8 (

22.6 pp)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Eric Williams	Basdeo Panday	A. N. R. Robinson
Party	PNM	ULF	DAC
Leader since	15 January 1961	1975	1971
Leader's seat	Port of Spain South	Couva North	Tobago East
Last election	36 seats, 57.0%	–	–
Seats won	24 / 36	10 / 36	2 / 36
Seat change	12	New	New
Popular vote	169,194	84,780	25,586
Percentage	54.2%	27.2%	8.2%
Swing	29.9 pp	New	New

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 13 September 1976. The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won 24 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 55.8%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's National Movement	169,194	54.23	24	–12
	United Labour Front	84,780	27.17	10	New
	Democratic Action Congress	25,586	8.20	2	New
	Tapia House Movement	12,021	3.85	0	New
	United Democratic Labour Party	9,404	3.01	0	New
	Social Democratic Labour Party	5,928	1.90	0	New
	West Indian National Party	1,242	0.40	0	New
	United Freedom Party	1,047	0.34	0	New
	Liberation Action Party	872	0.28	0	New
	National Trinidad and Tobago Party	115	0.04	0	New
	Young People's National Party	104	0.03	0	New
	Independents	1,692	0.54	0	0
Total		311,985	100.00	36	0

Valid votes		311,985	98.79
Invalid/blank votes		3,824	1.21
Total votes		315,809	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		565,646	55.83
Source: EBCTT, Nohlen

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p640

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