2022 Grenadian general election
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3.29pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 June 2022
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All 15 seats in the House of Representatives 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 86,658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 70.32% ( 3.29pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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 Keith 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. Citizens only had one day to register to vote, between the election announcement and the issue of the writ, 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
The election saw 41 candidates nominated from five political 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
| Party | Slogans | Manifesto | |
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| 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] | ||
