1971 Trinidad and Tobago general election

1971 Trinidad and Tobago general election
	24 May 1971
All 36 seats in the House of Representatives; 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.2 ( 46.9pp)
Prime Minister before election; Eric Williams; PNM	Subsequent Prime Minister ; Eric Williams; PNM

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 24 May 1971.^[1] The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won all 36 seats. Due to a boycott by all major opposition parties protesting at fraud related to the voting machines used in previous elections,^[2] voter turnout was just 33%.^[3]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's National Movement	99,723	84.14	36	+12
	Democratic Liberation Party	14,940	12.61	0	New
	African National Congress	2,864	2.42	0	New
	Independents	997	0.84	0	0
Total		118,524	100.00	36	0

Valid votes		118,524	99.94
Invalid/blank votes		73	0.06
Total votes		118,597	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		357,568	33.17
Source: EBCTT, Caribbean Elections

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p630
^ Nohlen, p640

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Nohlen, p630

[3] Nohlen, p640

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