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1971 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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Field	Value
country	Trinidad and Tobago
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1966 Trinidad and Tobago general election
previous_year	1966
next_election	1976 Trinidad and Tobago general election
next_year	1976
seats_for_election	All 36 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	19
turnout	33.2 ( 46.9pp)
election_date
image1	Eric Williams (cropped).jpg
leader1	Eric Williams
party1	People's National Movement
last_election1	52.4%, 24 seats,
seats1	36
seat_change1	12
popular_vote1	99,723
percentage1	84.1%
swing1	31.7pp
map_image	Trinidad and Tobago 1971 election.png
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	Eric Williams
before_party	People's National Movement
after_election	Eric Williams
after_party	People's National Movement

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 24 May 1971. The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won all 36 seats. Due to a boycott by all major opposition parties protesting at fraud related to the voting machines used in previous elections, voter turnout was just 33%.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p635 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p630
Nohlen, p640

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