General elections were held in Grenada on 13 March 2018.

Electoral System

The 15 members of the House of Representatives were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.There was no fixed election date in effect in Grenada at this time; hence, the choice of election date is the prerogative of the Prime Minister.

Background

Grenadians went to the polls on 13 March 2018. Grenada Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell made the announcement at a mass rally at the National Stadium Car Park on Sunday, 28 January 2018.  He advised Governor-General Dame Cécile La Grenade to dissolve Parliament effective 29 January 2018.   Writs will be issued on 30 January 2018.  Nomination Day will be Tuesday, 20 February 2018 and Polling Day will be Tuesday, 13 March 2018. Mitchell’s New National Party (NNP) will face off against the National Democratic Congress (NDC), this time led by Nazim Burke.  The NNP won a clean sweep of the 15 seats at stake in the 19 February 2013 General Election.  Approximately 88 per cent of 62,148 registered voters participated in the 2013 election on Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique.

Parties & Candidates

A total of 45 candidates were nominated to contest the 2018 General Election. Both the New National Party (NNP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are presenting full slates of candidates. The other candidates are from seven minority parties and there are two independent candidates. Two were nominated to represent the Grenada Empowerment Movement (GEM); three candidates will represent The Progressive Party (TPP); five were nominated to represent The Grenada Reconnaissance party (TGR); one candidate will represent The Liberal Party (TLP) and one each will represent the Grenada Progressive Movement (GPM), the Grenada United Patriotic Movement (GUMP), and the Liberal Party (TLP). | Learn more about 2018 candidates,

Election Observers

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organization of American States (OAS) deployed electoral observer missions to monitor the 2018 Election.

Results

The Keith Mitchell led New National Party (NNP) was re-elected for a second successive term with a landslide victory over the Nazim Burk led National Democratic Congress (NDC). The NNP won all of the 15 seats. This was the third time the NNP won all 15 seats, doing the same in 1999. This represents Mitchell’s fifth non-consecutive term as leader of the NNP and prime minister of Grenada, going into his 24th year in office.

Seven of the 15 members of the new House of Representatives were women. First time MPs Kindra Maturine Stewart, Kate Skeeter-Lewis, and Pamela Moses, will be joining returning MPs Clarice Modeste-Curwen, Emmalin Pierre, Yolande Bain-Horsford, and Delma Thomas.

Other returning incumbents will be Prime Minister Mitchell, Gregory Bowen, Oliver Joseph, Tobias Clement, Nickolas Steele, Alvin DaBreo and Anthony Boatswain. Peter David, a former NDC Minister was elected in the Town of St. George constituency on a NNP ticket.

Mitchell was sworn in as Prime Minister on 16 March 2018.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout was 73.61 percent.