Election Notices

There are nineteen (19) political parties fielding candidates in this upcoming Parliamentary Elections and a total of one hundred and fifty candidates vying for seats in the forty-one constituencies across both Trinidad and Tobago.

For more details, please see the full Press Release in this link.

19 political parties to contest August 10 polls

Addresses of Returning Officers

The Elections and Boundaries Commission is currently processing applications from persons eligible to be treated as Special Electors for the 2020 Parliamentary Elections.

The deadline for submission is Friday 17th July, 2020. For more information on where to collect and submit application forms, please see the information flyer in this link.

APPLICATION TO VOTE AS A SPECIAL ELECTOR

Nomination Day is July 17th 2020. Nomination Day is a very important day in any given election because after prospective candidates file their nomiation papers and these papers have been validated by the respective Returning Officer, their candidacy is confirmed.

The Elections and Boundaries Commission wishes to remind all political parties, individuals who propose to contest the 2020 Parliamentary Elections and the public that on Nomination Day, the offices of the Returning Officers will be open for receiving the nomination of duly qualified candidates from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

For further information, please see the details in the link below.

Nomination Day Reminder

All prospective candidates for the 2020 Parliamentary Elections are given an opportunity before Nomination Day to ensure they have all the requisite documents.

In accordance with Election Rule 6 (1) of the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 2:01

On the seventh day preceeding nomination day, the Returning Officer shall attend, at a place fixed for the nomination of candidates, between the hours of nine o’clock in the morning and twelve noon for the purpose of receiving for scrutiny from any candidate or his agent the documents which are required by these Rules to be tendered or delivered on nomination day to the Returning Officer by or on behalf of a candidate for the purpose of his nomination.

The requirements for the procedure for filing nomination papers are outlined in the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 2:01, Election Rules 6-13.

Preliminary Examination of Nomination Paper

The forty-one Returning Officers for the August 10, 2020 Parliamentary Election were presented with their respective writs of election on Saturday, July 4^th 2020.

For further details, please see the Press Release in this link.

Returning Officers receive writs of election

Chief Election Officer, Fern Narcis-Scope and staff of the Elections and Boundaries Commission staged a “mock polling station” simulation exercise to assess its level of preparedness for the upcoming Parliamentary Elections, which will be conducted under Covid-19 guidelines. The simulation was an interactive exercise with the forty-one Returning Officers and included a team of officials from the Ministry of Health, led by the Principal Medical Officer Epidemiology (PMOE).

For more information on this event, please see the full Press Release in this link.

EBC stages mock polling station

Health Inspector and EBC Staff at the Mock Polling Station Simulation

Officials from the Ministry of Health and EBC Staff participate in the Polling Station simulation exercise

The Elections and Boundaries Commission has posted its Preliminary List of Electors for the 2020 Parliamentary Elections.

Any registered person, whose name does not appear on the Preliminary List or whose name appears incorrectly, or with an incorrect address is required to complete Form No. 28 and submit this form to the Registration Officer in order to have the changes made on the Revised List of Electors.

The comprehensive listing of places where the Preliminary List of Electors is posted is attached for your persual in addition to Form No. 28.

POSTING OF PRELIMINARY LIST OF ELECTORS

Form 28

The Elections and Boundaries Commission wishes to advise that it has started processing applications from persons eligible to be treated as Special Electors for the upcoming Parliamentary Elections.

The categories of persons eligible to be considered special electors are listed in the link below for your general information.

Form A-23, the relevant application form, is also included for your ease of applying.

Application to Vote as a Special Elector

Form A-23 Application to vote as special elector 2020 in PDF

Please be advised that the relevant Nomination forms for the 2020 Parliamentary Elections are available here.

Form 37

Form 38

Form 39 (1)

Form 40