Electoral system for the president

Trinidad and Tobago, Constitution (1976, as amended in 2007), accessed 12 May 2025

Chapter 3: The President

26. (1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be responsible for the holding of elections for President. (2) The date of every election under this section shall be announced in the Gazette by the Speaker within such number of days in advance as may be prescribed. (3) An election for President shall be held not more than one hundred and twenty days nor less than ninety days after the first sitting of the House of Representatives under this Constitution and the President who is so elected shall assume office on the expiration of thirty days next after his election. (4) Thereafter, an election for President shall be held not more than sixty days nor less than thirty days before the expiration of the term of that office. (5) Where the office of President becomes vacant under section 34 before the expiration of the term of that office prescribed by section 33, an election shall be held to fill the vacancy within ninety days of the occurrence of the vacancy. (6) Where the date for the assumption of office of a President falls on a Sunday or public holiday the President shall assume office on the next following day that is not a Sunday or public holiday. (7) Where the time limited for holding an election for President under subsection (3), (4) or (5) has not been complied with, Parliament may make provision for an extension of the period during which elections may be held.