2018 Grenadian general election

General elections were held in Grenada on 13 March 2018.[1] The result was a victory for the New National Party and incumbent Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, winning his fifth term in office.[2]

2018 Grenadian general election

13 March 2018 (2018-03-13)

All 15 seats in the House of Representatives
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Keith Mitchell Nazim Burke
Party NNP NDC
Leader's seat Saint George North West Saint George North East (Lost)
Last election 15 seats, 58.7% 0 seats, 40.8%
Seats won 15 0
Seat change
Popular vote 33,786 23,243
Percentage 58.9% 40.5%
Swing 0.2% 0.2%

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Prime Minister before election

Keith Mitchell
NNP

Elected Prime Minister

Keith Mitchell
NNP

This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Grenada
Administrative divisions (parishes)

Electoral system

The 15 members of the House of Representatives are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
New National Party33,78658.91150
National Democratic Congress23,24340.5300
Grenada Progressive Movement870.150New
The Liberal Party490.090New
Grenada Renaissance Party440.0800
The Progress Party420.070New
Grenada Empowerment Movement250.040New
Grenada United Patriotic Movement100.0200
Independents680.1000
Invalid/blank votes267
Total57,621100150
Registered voters/turnout78,23673.65
Source: Caribbean Elections

References

  1. "Preliminary results of 2018 general election". NOW Grenada. 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. "Dr. Keith Mitchell sworn in; calls for togetherness". CARICOM Today. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  3. Electoral system IPU
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