| Election Name: | Next Trinidad and Tobago general election |
| Seats Before1: | 22 |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Seats For Election: | All 41 seats in the House of Representatives |
| Seats Needed2: | 2 |
| Last Election2: | 47.14%, 19 seats |
| Party2: | United National Congress |
| Leader2: | Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
| Last Election1: | 49.05%, 22 seats |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Leader1: | Keith Rowley |
| Party1: | People's National Movement |
| Image1: | Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C., January 29, 2024 (cropped).jpg |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Election Date: | By 2025 |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Seats Before2: | 19 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Keith Rowley |
| Before Party: | PNM |
General elections will be held in Trinidad and Tobago by 2025 to elect 41 members to the 13th Trinidad and Tobago Republican Parliament. It will be the 100th anniversary of general elections in the country.
The 41 members of the House of Representatives are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. Registered voters must be 18 years and over, must reside in an electoral district/constituency for at least two months prior to the qualifying date, be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago or a Commonwealth citizen residing legally in Trinidad and Tobago for a period of at least one year.
If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the Government, with its leader as Prime Minister. If the election results in no single party having a majority, then there is a hung parliament. In this case, the options for forming the Government are either a minority government or a coalition government.[1]
Political parties registered with the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) can contest the general election as a party.[2]
The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Representatives is the person who is called on by the president to form a government as Prime Minister, while the leader of the largest party or coalition not in government becomes the Leader of the Opposition.[3]