Trinidad and Tobago general election, 1946
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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago
on 28 October 1946. The British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party
and the United Front
won three seats each. Voter turnout was 83.9%.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
on 28 October 1946. The British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party
Butler Party
The British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party, also known as the Butler Home Rule Party and more commonly as the Butler Party, were a series of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago organised by T.U.B. Butler.-History:...
and the United Front
United front
The united front is a form of struggle that may be pursued by revolutionaries. The basic theory of the united front tactic was first developed by the Comintern, an international communist organisation created by revolutionaries in the wake of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.According to the theses of...
won three seats each. Voter turnout was 83.9%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Front United Front (Trinidad and Tobago) The United Front was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It received the largest share of the vote in the 1946 general elections and won three of the nine seats. However, the party did not contest any further elections.... |
37,891 | 29.4 | 3 |
| British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party Butler Party The British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party, also known as the Butler Home Rule Party and more commonly as the Butler Party, were a series of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago organised by T.U.B. Butler.-History:... |
28,767 | 22.3 | 3 |
| Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party The Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It contested the 1946 general elections, receiving 17.2% of the vote and winning two of the nine seats. Although it finished second in the 1950 elections, the party's vote share fell to 10.5% and it was... |
22,191 | 17.2 | 2 |
| Trinidad Labour Party Trinidad Labour Party The Trinidad Labour Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Formed in in 1924 when the Trinidad Workingmen's Association changed its name, it was the country's first party.-History:... |
1,356 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Progressive Democratic Party Progressive Democratic Party (Trinidad and Tobago) The Progressive Democratic Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It contested the 1946 general elections, but received just 515 votes and failed to win a seat. It did not run in the 1950 elections, but returned for the 1956 elections. However, it again failed to win a seat, and did... |
515 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
38,198 | 29.6 | 1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,408 | – | – |
| Total | 137,281 | 100 | 9 |
| Source: Nohlen | |||