Couva North (parliamentary constituency)

Couva North is a parliamentary electoral district in the town of Couva.

Couva North
Constituency for the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Region	Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo
Electorate	29,864 (2020)
Current constituency
Created	1976
Number of members	One
Member of Parliament	Ravi Ratiram (UNC)
Created from	Couva

Couva North consists of the northern part of the 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:

Election		Years	Member		Party	Notes
	1976	13 September 1976–15 December 1986		Basdeo Panday	ULF
	1986	15 December 1986–16 December 1991		Basdeo Panday	NAR
	1991	16 December 1991–24 May 2010		Basdeo Panday	UNC
	2010	24 May 2010–10 August 2020		Ramona Ramdial	UNC
	2020	10 August 2020–present		Ravi Ratiram	UNC

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2020: Couva North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UNC	Ravi Ratiram	12,633	69.27
	PNM	Sharda Satram	5,222	28.63
	PEP	Rohanie Debideen	259	1.42
	COP	Joel Ramdhanie	99	0.54
Rejected ballots			25	0.14
Turnout			18,238	61.07
Majority			7,411	40.64
Registered electors			29,864
	UNC hold		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2015: Couva North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UNC	Ramona Ramdial	13,845	66.51
	PNM	Richard Ragoonanan	6,749	32.42
	ILP	Sunil Youdha Ramjitsingh	176	0.85
Rejected ballots			46	0.22
Turnout			20,816	71.08
Majority			7,096	34.09
Registered electors			29,284
	UNC hold		Swing

General election 2010: Couva North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UNC	Ramona Ramdial	16,057	75.43
	PNM	Nal Ramsingh	5,159	24.24
Rejected ballots			70	0.33
Turnout			21,286	76.9
Majority			10,898	54.19
Registered electors			27,680
	UNC hold		Swing

See also

Couva South (parliamentary constituency)