2022 Grenadian general election

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2022 Grenadian general election
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  2018 23 June 2022 (2022-06-23)Next 

All 15 seats in the House of Representatives
8 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Leader Dickon Mitchell Keith Mitchell
Party NDC NNP
Last election40.53%, 0 seats58.91%, 15 seats
Seats won96
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 9Decrease2.svg 9
Popular vote31,43028,959
Percentage51.84%47.76%
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.28ppDecrease2.svg 11.12pp

Grenadian general election map, 2022.svg
Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Keith Mitchell
NNP

Elected Prime Minister

Dickon Mitchell
NDC

Snap general elections were held in Grenada on 23 June 2022. [1] The incumbent Prime Minister Keith Mitchell sought a sixth term. [2] National Democratic Congress (NDC) made a return to parliament after nine years of absence, defeating the ruling party New National Party (NNP), which led to Dickon Mitchell becoming the new prime minister of Grenada. [3] This is also the first election since 2008 where the NDC gained seats.

Contents

Background

During the previous election held in March 2018, the NNP, led by prime minister Keith Mitchell, was re-elected to a fifth term. Like in the 2013 election, the NNP won all 15 seats in the house of representatives. [4]

Three months after the 2018 election, NDC leader Nazim Burke resigned, and deputy leader Joseph Andall acted as party leader in the interim. [5] [6] Former education minister Franka Bernardine was elected unopposed at the next party convention in November. [7] She resigned in November 2020 for health reasons, with deputy leader Adrian Thomas taking charge in the interim period. [8] The NDC reconvened in October 2021 to elect new party executives; the party chose attorney Dickon Mitchell (no relation) to lead the NDC, with Adrian Thomas as deputy leader. [9]

Electoral system

The 15 members of the House of Representatives are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. [10]

Conduct

Prime minister Mitchell advised the governor-general, Dame Cécile La Grenade, to dissolve the house of representatives on 16 May, one year earlier than the full five years term of the outgoing house[ why? ]. La Grenade issued a writ for the election the following day. In the short time between the election announcement and the issue of the writ, citizens only had one day to register to vote if they had not done so already. Candidate nominations occurred on 1 June. [11] Police officers voted on 20 June. [12]

The Caribbean Community and the Organization of American States sent delegations to observe the election. The prime minister assured that the presence of both observer missions provided "transparency and confidence to the electoral process". [13]

Candidates

41 candidates were nominated for this election, with five participating parties and one independent candidate. The New National Party (NNP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) nominated candidates for all 15 seats. The Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) nominated 4 candidates, while the Independent Freedom Party (IFP) and the Grenada Renaissance Party (GRP) nominated 3 each. [14]

Slogans and manifestos

PartySlogansManifesto
NNP "Safer Hands!", "Expanding the Empowerment Agenda" [15]
NDC "Transforming Grenada!", "Let's Move Grenada Forward" [16]
GULP "GULP to the Rescue", "Independence. Justice. Development" [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
IFP"The Eyes Have It" [22]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Democratic Congress 31,43051.849+9
New National Party 28,95947.766–9
Grenada United Labour Party 640.110New
Independent Freedom Party600.100New
Grenada Renaissance Party 310.0500
Independents860.1400
Total60,630100.00150
Valid votes60,63099.49
Invalid/blank votes3110.51
Total votes60,941100.00
Registered voters/turnout86,65870.32
Source: Grenada Elections 2022

By constituency

ConstituencyElectorateTurnout %Political partyCandidateVotes %
Carriacou and Petite Martinique 5,4143,78069.81National Democratic Congress Tevin Andrews 1,95451.69
New National PartyKindra Stewart1,80547.75
St. Andrew North East5,3624,07175.92New National Party Kate Lewis-Peters 2,19053.79
National Democratic CongressTessa St. Cyr1,86445.78
Independent Freedom PartyJennel Ramsee100.24
St. Andrew North West4,7983,68076.69New National Party Delma Thomas 1,89851.57
National Democratic CongressGloria Thomas1,76748.01
St. Andrew South East4,8683,57173.35New National Party Emmalin Pierre 1,89353.01
National Democratic CongressDavid Andrew166046.48
St. Andrew South West5,3273,85572.36National Democratic Congress Lennox Andrews 2,12955.22
New National PartyYoland Bain-Horsford1,70444.20
St. David9,8667,18972.86National Democratic Congress Dickon Mitchell 4,41461.39
New National Party Oliver Joseph 2,74238.14
Independent Freedom PartyJunior Francis180.25
St. George North East7,7275,39069.75National Democratic Congress Ron Redhead 3,22059.74
New National PartyNimrod Ollivierre2,13339.57
Grenada Renaissance PartyMartin Edwards150.27
St. George North West4,5342,99566.05New National Party Keith Mitchell 2,21173.82
National Democratic CongressJonathan LaCrette77325.80
St. George South10,9037,01964.37National Democratic Congress Andy Williams 4,02957.40
New National PartySebastian Cox2,96142.18
Grenada Renaissance PartyMendell Samuel120.17
St. George South East5,4133,80070.20National Democratic Congress Alfred Telesford 2,12255.84
New National PartyGregory Bowen1,63443.0
Independent Freedom PartyBassanio Nicholas320.84
Grenada Renaissance PartyDennyka Checkley40.10
St. John6,3924,46469.83National Democratic Congress Kerryne James 2,21649.64
New National PartyMartin DaBreo2,20949.48
Grenada United Labour PartyGeoffrey Preudhomme190.42
St. Mark3,6902,49867.69New National Party Clarice Modeste-Curwen 1,47058.84
National Democratic CongressQuinc Britton99539.83
Grenada United Labour PartyDavid Francis180.72
St. Patrick East3,9142,79171.30National Democratic Congress Dennis Matthew-Cornwall 1,44351.70
New National PartyPamela Moses1,32247.36
Grenada United Labour PartyNigel John180.64
St. Patrick West4,6683,28870.43National Democratic Congress Joseph Andall 1,72652.49
New National PartyVictor Philip1,45844.34
IndependentWinston Frederick862.61
Grenada United Labour PartyAugustine David90.27
Town of St. George3,7812,46265.11New National Party Peter David 1,32953.98
National Democratic Congress Claudette Joseph 1,11845.41
Source: Grenada Elections 2022

Aftermath

Outgoing prime minister Keith Mitchell called Dickon Mitchell to congratulate him on his electoral triumph. At the same time, he urged the incoming prime minister to consider preserving programs implemented by the NNP government, which he said delivered a significant benefit to ordinary Grenadians. Keith Mitchell, who became opposition leader, vowed to provide the new government with a productive opposition and insisted it would be "nothing personal". [23] Dickon Mitchell was sworn in as prime minister on 24 June 2022. [24]

Mitchell was congratulated by foreign leaders, including Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel [25] and the prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves. [24]

Related Research Articles

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