St. Augustine (parliamentary constituency)

St. Augustine is a parliamentary electoral district in Trinidad and Tobago in the north of Trinidad. It has been represented since 2020 by Khadijah Ameen of the United National Congress.^[1]

St. Augustine
Constituency for the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Electorate	27,244 (2015)
Current constituency
Created	1961
Number of members	1
Member of Parliament	Khadijah Ameen (UNC)

Constituency profile

The constituency was created prior to the 1961 general election. It borders D'Abadie/O'Meara, Arouca/Maloney, Tunapuna, Barataria/San Juan, Chaguanas West, La Horquetta/Talparo and Caroni East. The main towns are Piarco, Valsayn South, Curepe, Macoya, St Augustine and parts of Trincity and Tacarigua. It had an electorate of 27,244 as of 2015.^[2][3] It is considered a safe seat for the United National Congress although it was won by the Congress of the People in 2010 and 2015.^[4]

Members of Parliament

This constituency has elected the following members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago:^[2]

Election	Years	Member		Party		Notes
1961	29 December 1961 – 25 August 1966		Rudranath Capildeo		DLP	Also the Leader of the Opposition[5]
1966	25 Nov 1966 - 22 April 1971		John Bharath			[6]
1971	18 June 1971 – 19 June 1976		Ashraf Ali		PNM	[7]
1976	24 September 1976 – 18 September 1981		Haffezar Khan		ULF	[8]
1981	27 Nov 1981 - 29 Oct 1986		John Humphrey			[9]
1986	12 Jan 1987 - 19 Nov 1991		John Humphrey		NAR
1991	16 December 1991 – 10 December 2001		John Humphrey		UNC
2001	10 December 2001 – 7 October 2002		Gerald Yetming			[10]
2002	7 October 2002 – 5 November 2007		Winston Dookeran			[11]
2007	5 November 2007 – 24 May 2010		Vasant Bharath			[12]
2010	24 May 2010 – 10 August 2020		Prakash Ramadhar		COP	[13]
2020	10 August 2020 – Present		Khadijah Ameen		UNC	[14]

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election: St. Augustine^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UNC	Khadijah Ameen	12,664	73.6%
	PNM	Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal	3,865	22.5%
	PF	Daniel Maharaj	481	2.8%
	NTA	Vera Dookie-Ramlal	129	0.8%
	THC	Christopher Mathura	29	0.2%
Majority			8,799	51.1%
Turnout			17,209	60.6%
Registered electors			28,397
	UNC hold

General election 2020: St. Augustine^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UNC	Khadijah Ameen	11,943	67.62
	PNM	Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal	5,264	29.80
	PEP	Sateesh Ramsaran	235	1.33
	COP	Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan	188	1.06
	THC	Michlin Hosein Phelps	33	0.19
Majority			6,679	37.81
Turnout			17,663	62.87
	UNC gain from COP		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2015: St. Augustine^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	COP	Prakash Ramadhar	12,606	65.92
	PNM	Alisha Shelley Romano	6,186	32.35
	NCT	Nalini Shoba Dial	331	1.73
Majority			6,420	33.57
Turnout			19,123	70.24
	COP hold		Swing

General election 2010: St. Augustine^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	COP	Prakash Ramadhar	15,271	79.19
	PNM	Balchandra Sharma	3,955	20.51
Majority			11,316	58.68
Turnout			19,284	75.38
	COP gain from UNC		Swing