House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago)

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The House of Representatives is the elected

After an election, the person commanding the support of the most members of the House is appointed Prime Minister and asked to form a government.

Five constituencies were added in the 2007 election; there were only 36 constituencies prior to 2007. There are now 41

The Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House, who can either be one of the elected 41 members, or come from outside. This has implications for the calculation of special majority votes (42 members instead of 41).

As of 20 April 2021, there are only 12 female members (28.6%),^[2] and three members born in Tobago (7.3%).

Election 2020

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	People's National Movement	322,250	49.08	–2.60	22	–1
	United National Congress	309,188	47.09	+7.48	19	+2
	Progressive Democratic Patriots	10,367	1.58	New	0	New
	Progressive Empowerment Party	5,933	0.90	New	0	New
	Independent Liberal Party	3,817	0.58	–0.12	0	0
	Movement for Social Justice	1,223	0.19	New	0	New
	Movement for National Development	1,039	0.16	New	0	New
	COP–DPTT–TTDF	524	0.08	–5.93	0	–1
	New National Vision	493	0.08	–0.04	0	0
	Trinidad Humanity Campaign	366	0.06	+0.04	0	0
	National Organisation of We the People	310	0.05	New	0	New
	National Coalition for Transformation	234	0.04	–0.01	0	0
	Progressive Party	211	0.03	New	0	New
	One Tobago Voice	80	0.01	New	0	New
	Unrepresented Peoples Party	73	0.01	New	0	New
	Unity of the People	40	0.01	New	0	New
	The National Party	23	0.00	New	0	New
	Independents	351	0.05	–0.27	0	0
Total		656,522	100.00	–	41	0
Valid votes		656,522	99.73
Invalid/blank votes		1,775	0.27
Total votes		658,297	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,134,135	58.04
Source: EBCTT, IPU

Current members of Parliament

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Office	Name	Party Appointed by	Since
Speaker of the House of Representatives	The Honourable Bridgid Annisette-George	PNM	9 September 2015

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