Legislative size (voting members)

Trinidad and Tobago, Elections and Boundaries Commission, Year 2024 Review of Constituency Boundaries, accessed 12 May 2025

Prescribed Constituencies

It should be noted that with respect to the 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.” 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, 2020 made by the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and published as Legal Notice No. 94 in Legal Supplement Part B, Vol. 59, No. 69 dated 13th May, 2020 which prescribes as follows: “Trinidad is hereby divided into thirty-nine constituencies the boundaries whereof are defined in the Second Schedule to this Order and Tobago remains divided into two constituencies.” The Commission analysed electorate figures individually for Trinidad and for Tobago, from the Year 2014 Report to the instant report. As illustrated in Figure 1, the average number of electors per constituency quoted for each respective report has shown consistent growth, with the relative rate of increase being higher in Tobago. This contrasts with Trinidad where a notable lessening of this rate was detected; a pattern which is analogous to the trend in the overall change in the average number of electors per constituency for the country. Considering this ongoing trend, the Commission finds no reason to recommend a change in the number of constituencies at this time.