1950 Trinidad and Tobago general election

1950 Trinidad and Tobago general election
	All 18 seats in the Legislative Council
Turnout	70.1%( 17.2 pp)
	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[edit]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Butler Party	41,928	22.07	6	+3
	Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party	19,917	10.48	1	–1
	Trinidad Labour Party	14,992	7.89	2	+2
	Trade Union Council	9,025	4.75	0	New
	Party of Political Progress Groups	6,507	3.42	2	New
	Caribbean Socialist Party	4,529	2.38	1	New
	Independents	93,100	49.00	6	+5
Total		189,998	100.00	18	+9

Valid votes		189,998	95.72
Invalid/blank votes		8,492	4.28
Total votes		198,490	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		283,050	70.13
Source: Nohlen

References[edit]

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

[1] Nohlen, p639

[N1-2] 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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