Media Releases

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 advises that ALL its Registration Offices and Registration Sub-offices, which were closed to the public due to the Government’s Stay at Home Order, will re-open and resume operations on Monday, June 8, 2020.

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

Press Release – Reopening of EBC Offices

The Elections and Boundaries Commission wishes to advise that ALL identification cards issued by the Commission that have ALREADY EXPIRED as well as those due to expire in 2020, shall be valid until December 31, 2020.

For more details, please see the information in the flyer in the link below.

Extension of the Validity of National Identification Cards

The public is advised that ALL Registration Area Offices and Registration Area Sub-offices remain temporarily closed to the public until April 30, 2020.

We do apologize for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

For further details please see the information in the flyer below.

PUBLIC NOTICE – Temporary Closure of Offices (Extended)

The public is hereby advised that ALL offices of the Elections and Boundaries Commission will be closed from Tuesday, March 31, 2020 to Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

We do apologize for any inconvenience that this disruption to our normal service may cause but this measure has become necessary in the interest of public safety and in accordance with The Public Health (2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-nCoV) (No.4) REGULATIONS, 2020.

Please find attached for your general information, both the advertisement published in the press and Legal Notice 61 of 2020

20X4- EBC Notice – CLOSURE OF OFFICES (COVID)

Legal Notice No 61 of 2020

The public is advised that our offices will be closed on Monday, February 24, 2020 and Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Business operations will resume on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.

Please see the details in the flyer below for more information

EBC Carnival Closure 2020

These are the preliminary results for the 2019 Local Government Elections.

With an electorate of 1,079,976 in 139 electoral districts in Trinidad, there was a voter turn-out of 34.49%.

For more information, please see the full Press Release.

Press Release EBC – Preliminary Results of the 2019 Local Government Elections

 Defective Special Ballots to be destroyed

The Elections and Boundaries Commission wishes to advise the public that the SPECIAL POLLING STATIONS established by Returning Officers, in accordance with Election Rule 73 of the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 2:01, for the upcoming Local Government Elections, 2019 will function from MONDAY 25th NOVEMBER to SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER, 2019.

For more information, please open the flyer, found in the link below.

Addresses of Special Polling Stations established by Returning Officers