Arima (parliamentary constituency)
Parliamentary Constituency of Trinidad and Tobago
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Arima is a parliamentary electoral district in Trinidad and Tobago in the north of Trinidad, including part of the borough of Arima. It is currently represented by Pennelope Beckles.
| Arima | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Electorate | 25,555 (2015)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1961 |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Member of Parliament | Pennelope Beckles (PNM) |
This constituency was created by the Boundaries Commission prior to the 1961 Trinidad and Tobago general election.[2] In 2004, five polling divisions were removed from the district to create the constituency of D'Abadie/O'Meara and one polling division was removed to create La Horquetta/Talparo for the 2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election. It was previously considered to be a safe PNM seat, but was won by the COP in the 2010 general election.[3]
Members of Parliament
This constituency has elected the following members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago:[4]
| Election | Years | Member | Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4 December 1961 – 7 November 1966 | Clytus Arnold Thomasos | PNM | [5] | ||
| 1966 | 7 November 1966 – 13 September 1976 | Maxwell Phillip Awon | PNM | [6] | ||
| 1976 | 13 September 1976 – 9 November 1981 | Felix G.E. Bellamy | PNM | [7] | ||
| 1981 | 9 November 1981 – 15 December 1986 | Ashton Ford | PNM | [8] | ||
| 1986 | 15 December 1986 – 16 December 1991 | Gloria Thomasos-Pollard | NAR | [9] | ||
| 1991 | 16 December 1991 – 11 December 2000 | Rupert Griffith | PNM | [10] | ||
| 2000 | 11 December 2000 – 24 May 2010 | Pennelope Beckles | PNM | [11] | ||
| 2010 | 24 May 2010 – 7 September 2015 | Rodger Dominic Samuel | COP | [12] | ||
| 2015 | 7 September 2015 – 10 August 2020 | Anthony Garcia | PNM | [13] | ||
| 2020 | 10 August 2020 – Present | Pennelope Beckles | PNM | [11] | ||
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNM | Pennelope Beckles-Robinson | 7,055 | 49.8% |  19.25 | |
| UNC | Nigel Moses | 6,356 | 44.9% |  16.2 | |
| PF | Jemima Lezama-Redhead | 520 | 3.7% |  | |
| NTA | Shekhina Sirju | 152 | 1.1% | | |
| THC | Marcus Ramkissoon | 27 | 0.2% | | |
| NCT | Nalini Dial | 38 | 0.3% | | |
| Majority | 699 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 14,167 | 49.19% | |||
| Registered electors | 28,802 | ||||
| PNM hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNM | Pennelope Beckles | 9,293 | 69.05 | ||
| UNC | Flora Singh | 3,905 | 29.02 | ||
| PEP | Sharon Hernandez | 212 | 1.58 | ||
| NCT | Nalini Dial | 48 | 0.36 | ||
| Majority | 5,388 | 40.04 | |||
| Turnout | 13,458 | 51.01 | |||
| PNM hold | Swing | ||||