LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR RULING PARTY IN GRENADA

Another landslide election has been recorded in the Caribbean, with Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell leading the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party to a second consecutive term in government.

In the general election on Thursday November 4th, the NDC snapped up 14 of 15 seats - five more than its nine to six victory in 2022.

The main opposition New National Party (NNP) held on to the remaining seat, suffering a loss of five seats from 2022. The NNP’s Dr Adrian Joseph will be that party’s sole representative in the country’s parliament. NNP leader Emmalin Pierre was among those who lost their seats in one of the party’s worst results. Eight parties contested this year’s election in Grenada. Voter turnout was 63.4 per cent of the country’s 97,031 registered voters. The population of Grenada is estimated at around 117,000.

Prime Minister Mitchell has pledged to modernise the island’s economy, strengthen healthcare services and lower youth unemployment.