Electoral system for the president

Trinidad and Tobago, Constitution (1976, as amended in 2007), accessed 9 August 2020

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. […]