Trinidad and Tobago general election, 1971
- Trinidad and Tobago general election, 1971
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago in 1971. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, most notably the Democratic Labour Party, because of a dispute over the re-use of voting machines from the previous elections; in the 1966 elections some candidates won their seats with more votes than there were registered voters. It was claimed that this was because the voting machines that were used registered two votes for the incumbent government candidates, per pull, and one for the opposing candidate per pull. In People's National Movement strongholds, 50% of the population voting resulted in 100% turnout, plus the opposing votes, added to together result of 134% voting in these areas.
As a result of the boycott, the PNM won 84.1% of the vote and all 36 seats in the House of Representatives. Eric Williams remained Prime Minister.
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