1956 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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All 24 seats in theLegislative Council
Turnout	80.09% (9.96pp)
First party Second party   Leader Eric Williams Bhadase Sagan Maraj Party PNM PDP Leader since 1955 1953 Seats won 13 5 Percentage 39.75% 20.85%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tubal Uriah Butler A. P. T. James Party Butler Party TLP–NDP Leader since 1936 Last election 6 2 Seats won 2 2 Percentage 11.75% 5.18%
Chief Minister before election Albert Gomes (Party of Political Progress Groups) SubsequentChief Minister Eric Williams (People's National Movement)

General elections were held inTrinidad and Tobago on 24 September 1956.^[1] 129 candidates from nine political parties contested for 24 seats in the legislative council.^[2] The result was a victory for thePeople's National Movement, which won 13 of the 24 seats. Voter turnout was 80.1%.^[3]

In one of the biggest races in the 1956 general election,West Indies cricketerLearie Constantine of the PNM defeatedRadio Trinidad announcerSurujpat Mathura of the PDP inTunapuna.^[4]

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