House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
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The House of Representatives is the elected Lower House of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The House of Representatives sits in the Red House in Port of Spain. It has 41 members, each elected to represent single-seat constituencies. The Parliament is elected with a five-year life-span, but may be dissolved earlier by the President at any time if so advised by the Prime Minister.
After an election, the person with the most support among the members of the House is appointed Prime Minister and asked to form a government. With the exception of 1995 and 2001 this has been the leader of the party which wins a majority of seats in the house.
Five constituencies were added in the 2007 election; there were only 36 constituencies prior to 2007. There are now 41 costituencies.
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[edit] Latest election
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| People's National Movement | 299,813 | 45.85 | 26 |
| United National Congress–Alliance | 194,425 | 29.73 | 15 |
| Congress of the People | 148,041 | 22.64 | 0 |
| Democratic Action Congress | 8,801 | 1.35 | 0 |
| Democratic National Assembly | 376 | 0.01 | 0 |
| Independents | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Total valid (turnout 66%) | 651,576 | 100.00 | 41 |
| Invalid | 2,306 | ||
| Total | 653,882 | ||
| Source: EBC | |||
[edit] Constituencies
MPs for 2007–2012:
| Constituency | Winner (Party) |
|---|---|
| Arima | Penelope Beckles (PNM) |
| Arouca/Maloney | Alicia Hospedales (PNM) |
| Barataria/San Juan | Joseph Ross (PNM) |
| Caroni Central | Hamza Rafeeq (UNCA) |
| Caroni East | Tim Gopeesingh (UNCA) |
| Chaguanas East | Mustapha Abdul-Hamid (PNM) |
| Chaguanas West | Jack Warner (UNCA) |
| Couva North | Basdeo Panday (UNCA) |
| Couva South | Kelvin Ramnath (UNCA) |
| Cumuto/Manzanilla | Harry Partap (UNCA) |
| D'Abadie/O'Meara | Karen Nunez-Tesheira (PNM) |
| Diego Martin Cental | Dr. Keith Rowley (PNM) |
| Diego Martin North/East | Colm Imbert (PNM) |
| Diego Martin West | Dr. Amery Brown (PNM) |
| Fyzabad | Chandresh Sharma (UNCA) |
| La Brea | Fitzgerald Jeffrey (PNM) |
| La Horquetta/Talparo | Roger Joseph (PNM) |
| Laventille East/Morvant | Donna Cox (PNM) |
| Laventille West | Nileung Hypolite (PNM) |
| Lopinot/Bon Air West | Neil Parsanlal (PNM) |
| Mayaro | Winston Peters (UNCA) |
| Naparima | Nizam Baksh (UNCA) |
| Oropouche East | Roodal Moonilal (UNCA) |
| Oropouche West | Mikela Panday (UNCA) |
| Point Fortin | Paula Gopee-Scoon (PNM) |
| Point-a-Pierre | Chrrstine Kangaloo (PNM) |
| POS North/St. Anns West | Gary Hunt (PNM) |
| POS South | Marlene Mc Donald (PNM) |
| Princess Town North | Subhas Panday (UNCA) |
| Princess Town South/Tableland | Peter Taylor (PNM) |
| San Fernando East | Patrick Manning (PNM) |
| San Fernado West | Junia Regrello (PNM) |
| Siparia | Kamla Persad-Bissessar (UNCA) |
| St. Anns East | Anthony Roberts (PNM) |
| St. Augustine | Vasant Bharat (UNCA) |
| St. Joseph | Kennedy Swaratsingh (PNM) |
| Tabaquite | Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj (UNCA) |
| Tobago East | Rennie Dumas (PNM) |
| Tobago West | Stanford Callendar (PNM) |
| Toco/Sangre Grande | Indra Ojah-Maharaj (PNM) |
| Tunapuna | Esther Le Gendre (PNM) |
[edit] See also
- Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
- Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
- Elections in Trinidad and Tobago
- List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago
- Politics of Trinidad and Tobago
