Election Notices

NOTICE – Preliminary Examination of Nomination Papers for the 2025 Parliamentary Elections

Please be advised that the relevant Nomination forms for the 2025 Parliamentary Elections are available below:

Form No. 37

Form No. 38

Form No. 39

Form No. 40

For details of this Notice (as published) please use the link below:

Notice – Posting of Preliminary List of Electors for 2025 Parliamentary Elections

For details of this Notice (as previously published) please use the link below:

Notice – FORM No. 35 Election Rule 4 (1) (a) Representation of the People Act for Parliamentary Elections, 2025

For details of this Notice (as previously published) please use the link below:

Notice – Commencement of Electoral Registration 2025 Parliamentary Elections

The public is advised that the processing of applications from persons eligible to be treated as Special Electors for the upcoming 2025 Parliamentary Elections starts on Wednesday 19th March and ends on Friday 4th April 2025.

For more details, please see the full Notice (as previously published) in this link below:

Notice – Application to Vote as Special Electors in the 2025 Parliamentary Elections

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