1981 Trinidad and Tobago general election

General election in Trinidad and Tobago October 2020 Trinidad and Tobago parliamentary 1976 Trinidad and Tobago general election 1976 1986 Trinidad and Tobago general election 1986 All 36 seats in the House of Representatives 19 56.43% 1981 11 09 yes 130x130px George Chambers (cropped).jpg George Chambers 30 March 1981 People's National Movement St. Ann's East 54.23%, 24 seats 26 36 People's National Movement 2 218,557 52.95% 1.28pp Basdeo Panday.jpg Basdeo Panday aaa9ad 1975 ULF National Alliance no Couva North 27.17%, 10 seats 8 36 United Labour Front 2 62,781 15.21% 11.96pp A. N. R. Robinson (cropped).jpg A. N. R. Robinson aa00d4 1971 DAC National Alliance no Tobago East 8.20%, 2 seats 2 36 Democratic Action Congress 15,390 3.73% 4.47pp 1981 Trinidad and Tobago election map.png Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister George Chambers People's National Movement George Chambers People's National Movement General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 9 November 1981.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p635 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won 26 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 56.4%.Nohlen, p640 Results People's National Movement 218557 26 +2 Organisation for National Reconstruction 91704 0 New United Labour Front 62781 8 –2 Democratic Action Congress 15390 2 0 National Joint Action Committee 13710 0 New Tapia House Movement 9401 0 0 National Freedom Party 864 0 New Fargo House Movement 143 0 New green West Indian Political Congress Movement 130 0 New Trinidad Labour Party 34 0 New People's Republican Party 25 0 New Independents 39 0 0 2638 0 736104 EBCTT, Nohlen References Trinidad Category:Elections in Trinidad and Tobago General election Trinidad and Tobago general election