Arima is a parliamentary electoral district in Trinidad and Tobago in the north of Trinidad, including part of the borough of Arima. It is currently represented by Pennelope Beckles.
This constituency was created by the Boundaries Commission prior to the 1961 Trinidad and Tobago general election. In 2004, five polling divisions were removed from the district to create the constituency of D'Abadie/O'Meara and one polling division was removed to create La Horquetta/Talparo for the 2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election. It was previously considered to be a safe PNM seat, but was won by the COP in the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament This constituency has elected the following members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago:
ElectionYearsMemberPartyNotes19614 December 1961 – 7 November 1966Clytus Arnold ThomasosPNM19667 November 1966 – 13 September 1976Maxwell Phillip AwonPNM197613 September 1976 – 9 November 1981Felix G.E. BellamyPNM19819 November 1981 – 15 December 1986Ashton FordPNM198615 December 1986 – 16 December 1991Gloria Thomasos-PollardNAR199116 December 1991 – 11 December 2000Rupert GriffithPNM200011 December 2000 – 24 May 2010Pennelope BecklesPNM201024 May 2010 – 7 September 2015Rodger Dominic SamuelCOP20157 September 2015 – 10 August 2020Anthony GarciaPNM202010 August 2020 – PresentPennelope BecklesPNM
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
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