Legislative size (directly elected)

Trinidad and Tobago, Elections and Boundaries Commission, Year 2019 Report of the Elections and Boundaries Commission on the Review of Constituency Boundaries Persuant to Section 72 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, March 14, 2019, accessed 9 August 2020

PRESCRIBED CONSTITUENCIES

It should be noted that with respect to elections to the House, Section 70 of the Constitution stipulates that:

 “(1) Trinidad and Tobago shall be divided into thirty-six constituencies or such other number as may be provided for by an Order made by the President in accordance with the provisions of this Part and each such constituency shall return one member to the House of Representatives.

 (2) Not less than two such constituencies shall be in the Island of Tobago.”

However, on the recommendation of the Commission contained in its Year 2004 Report, the number of constituencies in Trinidad was increased from thirty-four (34) to thirty-nine (39); while the number in Tobago remained at two (2); totalling forty-one (41) constituencies throughout the Country.

In this regard, reference is made to The Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 made by the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and published as Legal Notice No. 61 in Legal Supplement Part B, Vol. 54, No. 42 dated 30th April 2015 which prescribes as follows:

 “Trinidad is hereby divided into thirty-nine constituencies the boundaries whereof are defined in the Schedule to this Order and Tobago remains divided into two constituencies.”

The Commission finds no reason to recommend a change in this arrangement.