General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 4 December 1961.[2] The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won 20 of the 30 seats. Voter turnout was 88.1%.[3]
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All 30 seats in the Legislative Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 88.1 ( 8.0 pp) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| People's National Movement | 190,003 | 57.00 | 20 | +7 | |
| Democratic Labour Party | 138,910 | 41.67 | 10 | +3 | |
| African National Congress | 1,634 | 0.49 | 0 | New | |
| Butler Party | 1,314 | 0.39 | 0 | –2 | |
| Independents | 1,502 | 0.45 | 0 | –2 | |
| Total | 333,363 | 100.00 | 30 | +6 | |
| Valid votes | 333,363 | 99.96 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 149 | 0.04 | |||
| Total votes | 333,512 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 378,511 | 88.11 | |||
| Source: EBCTT | |||||
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