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Chaguanas East

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Chaguanas East
Constituency
for the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Chaguanas East is number 21 on this map
Electorate22,383 (2007)
23,653 (2010)
25,488 (2015)
Major settlementsChaguanas
Current constituency
Created2007
Number of members1
Member of Parliament   Vandana Mohit (UNC)

Chaguanas East is a parliamentary constituency in Trinidad and Tobago.[1] It was created in 2007 alongside Chaguanas West when the Chaguanas constituency was divided.

Geography

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The constituency contains the eastern areas of the town of Chaguanas. It had an electorate of 25,488 as of 2015.[2]

Members

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Election Member Party Notes
2007 Mustapha Abdul-Hamid PNM [3]
2010 Stephen Cadiz   UNC [4][5]
2015 Fazal Karim   UNC [6]
2020 Vandana Mohit   UNC [7]
2025   UNC

Elections

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2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election: Chaguanas East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UNC Vandana Mohit 10,097 62.7% Increase
PNM Richie Sookhai 5,317 33.0% Decrease
PF Afifah Mohammed 487 3.0% Steady
NTA Norman Dindial 125 0.8% Steady
Independent Ernesto Singh 47 0.3% Steady
Majority 4,780 29.7%
Turnout 16,110 58.10%
Registered electors 27,728
UNC hold

References

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  1. ^ "Constituencies for 2025 Parliamentary Elections | Elections And Boundaries Commission". ebctt.com. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Historical District Profiles". Elections And Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Mustapha Abdul-Hamid – Parliament". www.ttparliament.org. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  4. ^ "'What does he do for the area'". Trinidad Express Newspapers. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  5. ^ "The Honourable Stephen Cadiz". Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
  6. ^ Williams, Laurel V. (23 January 2024). "Tributes flow for former PP minister - Fazal Karim dies at 70". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  7. ^ Souza, Janelle De (30 August 2020). "Vandana Mohit: I stand by what I say". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  8. ^ ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2025. DETAILED PRELIMINARY RESULTS Archived 2 May 2025 at the Wayback Machine