Election Notices

The EBC wishes to advise that section 52 of the Representation of the People Act, Chap. 2:01 of the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago (the Act) requires the Election Agent of every candidate who contested an election, to submit to the Chief Election Officer in respect of the candidate “a statement of all payments made by the Election Agent”. The submission is also required to be made by a candidate who acted as his own election agent. However, by section 39 of the Act, persons who contested a City or Borough election, are not required to file such a return.

The return is required to be submitted within forty-two (42) days after the day on which the result of the election was declared by the Returning Officer. In calculating the period within which the return must be submitted, Saturdays and Sundays are counted, while Public Holidays are excluded. The Elections and Boundaries Commission will advise of the last day by which the return relating to a particular election must be submitted. For the recently concluded Local Government Elections (LGE) 2024, the deadline date is Wednesday 31st July 2024. Completed specimen Forms Nos. 3, 4 and 5, which are to be used in the process, are published here for your guidance.

FORM NO. 3

Any person, other than the Election Agent, who incurs expenses on behalf of a candidate, having been authorised in writing by the Election Agent to do so, is required to submit a return relative to such expenses together with a declaration in Form No. 3 of the Rules. Such return and declaration must be submitted to the Chief Election Officer within twenty-one (21) days after the date of publication of the result of the election.

Form No. 3 [SPECIMEN]

Form 3

FORM NO. 4

The “statement of all payments made by the Election Agent” is made in the form set out as Form No. 4 in the Prescribed Forms Rules of the Act (the Rules), and must be accompanied by all relevant bills and receipts.

Form No. 4 [SPECIMEN]

Form 4

FORM NO. 5

The return being submitted by an Election Agent must be accompanied by a declaration made by him in the Form No. 5 of the Rules. Additionally, each candidate is also required to submit a similar declaration (Form No. 5) at the same time that the return is being submitted by the Election Agent, or within seven (7) days afterwards. However, where the candidate is out of Trinidad and Tobago when the return is submitted, the declaration must be submitted within fourteen (14) days of his return to the country.

Form No. 5 – Declaration by the Candidate [SPECIMEN]

Form No. 5 – Declaration by the Election Agent [SPECIMEN]

Form No. 5 – Declaration by the Candidate acting as His own Election Agent [SPECIMEN]

Form 5

The candidates for both the Quinam/Morne Diablo Local Government Bye-Election and the Lengua/Indian Walk Local Government Election are now confirmed. Five (5) candidates have submitted their nomination papers.

The People’s National Movement (PNM) and the United National Congress (UNC) are the parties participating in these elections. There is also an independent candidate for the Lengua/Indian Walk election.

These are the candidates for each area:
Quinam/Morne Diablo:
– Anderson Nanan (PNM)
– Sarah Sookdeo (UNC)

Lengua/Indian Walk:
– Autly Granthume (PNM)
– Nicole Gopaul (UNC)
– Peterson Morales (Independent)

The number of eligible voters for the Quinam/Morne Diablo bye-election and the Lengua/Indian Walk election are 8,369 and 8,465 respectively in accordance with the Revised List of Electors. The elections will take place on June 17, 2024.

Press Release – CANDIDATES CONFIRMED FOR THE 2024 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS. 24.05.24

Nomination Forms for the 2024 Local Government Bye-Election in the Electoral District of Quinam/Morne Diablo, as well as the Election in the Electoral District of Lengua/Indian Walk:

Form-No-37

Form-No-38

Form-No-41

Form-No-42

Pursuant to Section 58 of the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 2:01, the Elections and Boundaries Commission is required to publish a Summary of the Election Expenses Statement in respect of the Local Government Elections, 2023, which can be found here:

Summary of Return of Election Expenses, LGE 2023

Mr. Justice Frank Seepersad has today dismissed the election petition filed against the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) relating to the electoral  district of Arima Northeast and has ordered the Petitioner to pay the costs of the EBC certified fit for Senior and Junior Counsel.

Mr. Justice Seepersad, in delivering his judgement found that the Petition filed by the United National Congress’ candidate for the electoral district of Arima Northeast, Jairzinho Domingo Gustav Rigsby was hopelessly flawed in that he failed to comply with mandatory provisions of the Representation of the People Act relating to election petitions.

Court dismisses UNC’s election petition in Arima Northeast

At the end of the check of the final result of the poll in the electoral district of Arima Northeast, Kim Magdalene Garcia, the People’s National Movement’s candidate, received two (2) additional votes. This result overturns the outcome of the recount, which was conducted during the period August 16^th-17^th, 2023 and saw the United National Congress’ candidate Jairzinho Domingo Gustav Rigsby being declared the winner.

Full details of the Press Release can be found hereunder:

Update on Request for check of the results in Arima Northeast

Fern Narcis-Scope, the Chief Election Officer, acting in accordance with Election Rule 101(15) of the Representation of the People Act, Chap. 2:01, has certified to the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Lengua/Indian walk that the second recount, which occurred between August 17^th– 18^th, 2023 has resulted in an equality of votes cast between the candidates obtaining the most votes. The Returning Officer for this electoral district has declared the election void, pursuant to this certification by the Chief Election Officer, making way for fresh elections.

This historic development, is as a result of the tie in the number of votes received by both the People’s National Movement’s and the United National Congress’ candidates in the Local Government Elections. The outcome remained unchanged after two recounts of the votes cast. Both candidates received 1428 votes each.

The full details of the Press Release can be found hereunder:

Fresh elections in Lengua Indian Walk

Today, the results of the recount in the electoral district of Maracas/Santa Margarita were declared and the outcome remained the same as on Election Day, with the PNM’s candidate Trudel Noreiga winning this electoral district.

The full contents of the Press Release can be found hereunder:

Press Release – Update on Recounts

The tie in the electoral district of Arima Northeast is broken. The UNC’s candidate Jairzinho Domingo Gustav Rigsby won by one (1) vote.

At the close of the poll on Monday 14^th August 2023, both the PNM and UNC candidates each received 623 votes. The PEP candidate received 81 votes.

The contents of the full Press Release can be found hereunder:

Press Release – UNC candidate wins Arima Northeast after recount

A second recount in the electoral district of Lengua/Indian Walk is scheduled to begin today, Thursday 17th August, 2023 at 3 pm. This recount will be conducted in accordance with Election Rule 101 (13) of the Representation of the People Act, Chap. 2:01.

The full Press Release containing the specifics of the Election Rule and the result of the recount for the electoral district of Marabella West can be found hereunder.

Press Release – Second recount in Lengua Indian Walk begins today