Trinidad and Tobago general election, 1976

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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 13 September 1976.^[1] The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won 24 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 55.8%.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
People's National Movement	169,194	54.2	24	-12
United Labour Front	84,780	27.2	10	New
Democratic Action Congress	25,586	8.2	2	New
Tapia House Movement	12,021	3.9	0	New
Democratic Labour Party	9,404	3.0	0	0
Social Democratic Labour Party	5,928	1.9	0	New
West Indian National Party	1,242	0.4	0	New
United Freedom Party	1,047	0.3	0	New
Liberation Action Party	872	0.3	0	New
National Trinidad and Tobago Party	115	0.0	0	New
Young People's National Party	104	0.0	0	New
Independents	1,692	0.5	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,824	–	–	–
Total	315,809	100	36	0
Source: Nohlen

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

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