1956 Trinidad and Tobago general election information
1956 Trinidad and Tobago general election
← 1950
24 September 1956 (1956-09-24)
1961 →
All 24 seats in the Legislative Council
Turnout
80.09% (9.96pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Eric Williams
Bhadase Sagan Maraj
Party
PNM
PDP
Leader since
1955
1953
Seats won
13
5
Percentage
39.75%
20.85%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Tubal Uriah Butler
A. P. T. James
Party
Butler Party
TLP–NDP
Leader since
1936
Last election
6
2
Seats won
2
2
Percentage
11.75%
5.18%
Chief Minister before election
Albert Gomes
(Party of Political Progress Groups)
Subsequent Chief Minister
Eric Williams
(People's National Movement)
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 24 September 1956.[1] 129 candidates from nine political parties contested for 24 seats in the legislative council.[2] The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won 13 of the 24 seats. Voter turnout was 80.1%.[3]
In one of the biggest races in the 1956 general election, West Indies cricketer Learie Constantine of the PNM defeated Radio Trinidad announcer Surujpat Mathura of the PDP in Tunapuna.[4]
^Dieter Nohlen (2005). Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook, Vol. I. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 635. ISBN 0-19-928357-5.
^"Trinidad and Tobago General Election Results 1956". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^Nohlen, p639
^"Constantine, Learie". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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