Couva North
{{Short description|Electoral district in Couva, Trinidad}}
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| region = Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo
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| year = 1976
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| members = {{Legend2|{{party color|United National Congress}}}} Jearlean John (UNC)
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| electorate = 29,864 (2020){{cite web |title=ELECTORATE BY ELECTORAL DISTRICT.pdf |url=https://www.ebctt.com/wp-content/uploads/ELECTORATE-BY-ELECTORAL-DISTRICT.pdf |website=Elections and Boundaries Commission |access-date=25 February 2022}}
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Couva North is a parliamentary electoral district in the town of Couva.
Couva North consists of the northern part of Couva. It came into effect in time for the 1976 Trinidad and Tobago general election.
Members of Parliament
This constituency has elected the following members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago:{{cite web|url=https://www.ebctt.com/elections/parliamentary-elections/district-profile/|title=Historical District Profiles {{!}} Elections And Boundaries Commission|accessdate=18 January 2020}}
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! colspan="2" |Election !Years ! colspan="2" |Member !Party !Notes |
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Labour Front}}" |
|1976 |13 September 1976–15 December 1986 |60px |ULF |
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| style="background-color: {{party color|National Alliance for Reconstruction}}" |
|1986 |15 December 1986–16 December 1991 ||60px |NAR |
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|1991 ||60px |UNC |
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|2010 |Ramona Ramdial |UNC |
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|2020 |10 August 2020–2025 |UNC |
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|2025 |2025–present |UNC |
Election results
=Elections in the 2020s=
{{2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election/Couva North}}{{Election box begin|title=General election 2020: Couva North{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Preliminary Results - PE 2020A|url=https://www.ebctt.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Preliminary-Results-for-the-2020-Parliamentary-Elections.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085238/https://www.ebctt.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Preliminary-Results-for-the-2020-Parliamentary-Elections.pdf |archive-date=5 September 2020 |access-date=|website=Elections & Boundaries Commission}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United National Congress|candidate=Ravi Ratiram|votes=12,633|percentage=69.27|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's National Movement|candidate=Sharda Satram|votes=5,222|percentage=28.63|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Progressive Empowerment Party|candidate=Rohanie Debideen|votes=259|percentage=1.42|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Congress of the People (Trinidad and Tobago)|candidate=Joel Ramdhanie|votes=99|percentage=0.54|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=25|percentage=0.14|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=18,238|percentage=61.07|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=7,411|percentage=40.64|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 29,864
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = United National Congress
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=Elections in the 2010s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2015: Couva North{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections, 2015 Final Results – Candidates Vote Count {{!}} Elections And Boundaries Commission |url=https://www.ebctt.com/parliamentary-elections-2015-final-results-candidates-vote-count-2/ |accessdate=19 January 2020}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United National Congress|candidate=Ramona Ramdial|votes=13,845|percentage=66.51|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's National Movement|candidate=Richard Ragoonanan|votes=6,749|percentage=32.42|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent Liberal Party (Trinidad and Tobago)|candidate=Sunil Youdha Ramjitsingh|votes=176|percentage=0.85|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes =46|percentage =0.22|change =}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=20,816|percentage=71.08|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=7,096|percentage=34.09|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors||reg. electors =29,284|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = United National Congress
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2010: Couva North{{Cite web|title=Report of the E&BC on the Parliamentary Elections 2010 (24th May 2010) {{!}} Elections And Boundaries Commission|url=https://www.ebctt.com/report-of-the-ebc-on-the-parliamentary-elections-2010-24th-may-2010/|access-date=2020-08-14|language=en-US}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United National Congress|candidate=Ramona Ramdial|votes=16,057|percentage=75.43|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's National Movement|candidate=Nal Ramsingh|votes=5,159|percentage=24.24|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes =70|percentage =0.33|change =}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=21,286|percentage=76.9|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=10,898|percentage=54.19|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors||reg. electors =27,680|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = United National Congress
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{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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{{Trinidad and Tobago constituencies}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = July 2020}}