Thirty point three four percent is the turn out for Monday’s Local Government Election.
This is revealed by the Elections and Boundaries Commission.
It says with an electorate of 1,091,935 in 141 electoral districts in Trinidad, the total votes cast were 331,300 with 996 rejected ballots.
EBC says recounts are on-going in fourteen electoral districts.
The Commission also revealed the total votes received by political party:
MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 164
NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION ALLIANCE 15,997
PEOPLE’S NATIONAL MOVEMENT 130,868
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC PATRIOTS 1,287
PROGRESSIVE EMPOWERMENT PARTY 5,930
RE-UNITED FARMERS’ ALLIANCE 1,041
THE NATIONAL PARTY 45
TRINIDAD HUMANITY CAMPAIGN 234
UNITED NATIONAL CONGRESS 173,961
UNITY OF THE PEOPLE 110
EBC also provided by electoral district, the total votes received by Independent Candidate:
VIVIAN JOHNSON (BELMONT SOUTH) 128
KATHLEEN WELLINGTON (BLANCHISSEUSE/SANTA
ROSA) 55
IRVIN SAMUEL FELIX (HOLLYWOOD) 57
KENDALL MICHAEL HAGLEY (MAYARO SOUTH/GUAYAGUAYARE) 191
DIXIE-ANN ELLIOT (PLEASANTVILLE) 140
GWENDOLYN ALANA CHARLES (VALENCIA WEST) 96