Elections in Grenada
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Elections in Grenada gives information on election results in Grenada.
Grenada elects on national level a legislature. Parliament has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 15 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 13 appointed members. Grenada has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Latest election
Main article: Grenadian general election, 2013
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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New National Party | 32,031 | 58.82 | 15 | +11 | |
National Democratic Congress | 22,160 | 40.69 | 0 | –11 | |
National United Front | 186 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |
Movement of Independent Candidates | 22 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Good Old Democratic Party | 14 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Grenada Renaissance Party | 13 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Grenada United Patriotic Movement | 13 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
People United Labour Party | 11 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 5 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 64 | – | – | – | |
Total | 54,524 | 100 | 15 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 62,243 | 87.60 | – | – | |
Source: Grenada Broadcast |
Past elections
Main article: Grenadian general election, 2008
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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New National Party | 27,189 | 47.7 | -0.3 | 4 | -4 |
National Democratic Congress | 29,007 | 51.0 | +5.4 | 11 | +4 |
Others | 493 | 1.7 | -5.1 | ||
Total (turnout 80.3%) | 56,911 | 15 | |||
Invalid votes | 222 | ||||
Total votes | 56,911 | ||||
Registered voters | 70,869 | ||||
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive, IPU Parline and AFP |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 2003
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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New National Party | 22,566 | 48.0 | -14.2 | 8 | -7 |
National Democratic Congress | 21,445 | 45.6 | +20.7 | 7 | +7 |
Grenada United Labour Party | 3.2 | - | |||
People's Labour Movement | 2.2 | - | |||
Total (turnout 57.4%) | 47,239 | 15 | |||
Invalid votes | 249 | ||||
Total votes | 47,488 | ||||
Registered voters | 82,270 | ||||
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive, IPU Parline and AFP |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1999
Parties | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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New National Party (NNP) | 25,850 | 62.2 | 15 | +7 | |
National Democratic Congress (NDC) | 10,337 | 24.9 | 0 | -5 | |
Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) | 4,998 | 12.0 | 0 | -2 | |
Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement (MBPM) | 252 | 0.6 | 0 | — | |
Good Old Democracy (GOD) | 69 | 0.2 | 0 | — | |
Others | 42 | 0.1 | 0 | — | |
Total (turnout 56.4%) | 41,548 | 100.0 | 15 | ||
Sources: Inter-parliamentary Union, Adam Carr's Election Archive |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1995
Template:Grenadian legislative election, 1995
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1990
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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New Democratic Congress(NDC) | 13,637 | 34.6 | ? | ||
Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 11,105 | 28.1 | ? | ||
New National Party(NNP) | 6,916 | 17.5 | ? | ||
The National Party(TNP) | 6,854 | 17.4 | ? | ||
MBPM | 938 | 2.4 | ? | ||
GOD | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
Independents | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
Total | 39,939 | 15 | |||
Source: Enciclopedia Electoral Latino americana y del Caribe |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1984
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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New National Party(NNP) | 23,997 | 58.5 | ? | ||
Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 14,798 | 36.1 | ? | ||
MBPM | 2,024 | 4.9 | ? | ||
CDLP | 107 | 0.3 | 0 | ||
GFLP | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
Independents | 105 | 0.3 | 0 | ||
Total | 41,506 | 15 | |||
Source: Enciclopedia Electoral Latino americana y del Caribe 1989 |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1976
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 21,132 | 51.8 | 9 | ||
PA | 19,650 | 48.8 | 6 | ||
Total | 40,782 | 15 | |||
Source: General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean Patrick A.M.Emmanuel Table 13, p.47 |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1972
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 20,164 | 58.8 | 13 | ||
Grenada National Party(GNP) | 14,125 | 41.2 | 2 | ||
Total | 34,289 | 15 | |||
Source: General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean Patrick A.M.Emmanuel Table 13, p.47 |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1967
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 15,827 | 54.6 | 7 | ||
Grenada National Party(GNP) | 13,172 | 45.4 | 3 | ||
Total | 28,999 | 10 | |||
Source: General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean Patrick A.M.Emmanuel Table 13, p.47 |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1962
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 9,705 | 46.0 | 4 | ||
Grenada National Party(GNP) | 11,341 | 53.7 | 6 | ||
Independents | 61 | 0.3 | 0 | ||
Total | 21,107 | 10 | |||
Source: General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean Patrick A.M.Emmanuel Table 13, p.47 |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1961
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 11,606 | 53.5 | 8 | ||
Grenada National Party(GNP) | 7,325 | 33.6 | 2 | ||
Other Parties | 2,394 | 10.9 | 0 | ||
Independents | 435 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 21,760 | 10 | |||
Source: General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean Patrick A.M.Emmanuel Table 13, p.47 |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1957
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 10,952 | 44.3 | -1.7 | 2 | -4 |
Grenada National Party(GNP) | 6,012 | 24.4 | +24.4 | 2 | +2 |
PDM | 5,327 | 21.6 | +21.6 | 2 | +2 |
Other Parties | 246 | 1.0 | +1 | 0 | - |
Independents | 2,145 | 8.7 | -45.3 | 2 | - |
Total | 24,682 | 8 | |||
Source: General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean Patrick A.M.Emmanuel Table 13, p.47 |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1954
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 10,347 | 46.0 | -17.9 | 6 | - |
Independents | 12,129 | 54.0 | +17.9 | 2 | - |
Total | 22,476 | 8 | |||
Source: General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean Patrick A.M.Emmanuel Table 13, p.47 |
Main article: Grenadian general election, 1951
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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Grenada United Labour Party(GULP/United Labour) | 13,328 | 63.9 | +63.9 | 6 | +6 |
Independents | 7,509 | 36.1 | -63.9 | 2 | -3 |
Total | 20,837 | 8 | |||
Source: 'General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean Patrick A.M.Emmanuel Table 13, p.47 |
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- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
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