2013 Grenadian general election

General elections were held in Grenada on 19 February 2013.^[1] The result was a landslide victory for the opposition New National Party, which won all 15 seats.^[2]

2013 Grenadian general election

← 2008 19 February 2013 2018 →
All 15 seats in the House of Representatives 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Keith Mitchell Tillman Thomas Party NNP NDC Last election 47.96%, 4 seats 51.17%, 11 seats Seats won 15 0 Seat change 11 11 Popular vote 32,205 22,377 Percentage 58.71% 40.79% Swing 10.75pp 10.38pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Tillman Thomas NDC Elected Prime Minister Keith Mitchell NNP

Date

The election date was announced by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas at the National Democratic Congress Party Convention at Sauteurs Bus Station on 13 January 2013.^[3]

Electoral system

The fifteen members of the House of Representatives were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.^[4]

Candidates

Constituency	Candidates	Party
St. Patrick East	Tillman Thomas	National Democratic Congress
	Clifton Paul	New National Party
	Valdon Crosley Paul	National United Front
	Winston Frederick	People United Labour Party
Carriacou and Petite Martinique	Randolph Harrison Fleary	National Democratic Congress
	Elvin Nimrod	New National Party
	Clint John	Movement of Independent Candidates
Town of St. George	Franka Bernadine	National Democratic Congress
	Nicholas Steele	New National Party
	Standford Simon	Good Old Democratic Party
St. George North East	Nazim Burke	National Democratic Congress
	Tobias Clement	New National Party
	Lawrence Amadé	Movement of Independent Candidates
	Oswald Roderick Mc Burnie	Grenada United Patriotic Movement
	Martin Washington Edwards	Grenada Renaissance Party
St. George South	Merle Byer	National Democratic Congress
	Alexandra Otway - Noël	New National Party
	Glynis Roberts	National United Front
St. George South East	Randal Robinson	National Democratic Congress
	Gregory Bowen	New National Party
	Ferron Curlan Lowe	National United Front
	Abdurraheem A. Jones	Movement of Independent Candidates
St. Andrew South West	Sylvester Quarless	National Democratic Congress
	Yolande Bain-Horsford	New National Party
St. Andrew North West	Alleyne Walker	National Democratic Congress
	Delma Thomas	New National Party
St. David	Adrian Thomas	National Democratic Congress
	Oliver Joseph	New National Party
	Justin Mc Burnie	Good Old Democratic Party
	Raphael Victor Baptiste	Independent
St. Andrew North East	Terry Hillaire	National Democratic Congress
	Roland Bhola	New National Party
	Raleigh W. Date	Independent
St. George North West	Ali Dowden	National Democratic Congress
	Keith Mitchell	New National Party
	Oswald Peter	Grenada United Patriotic Movement
	Desmond Cuthbert Sandy	Grenada Renaissance Party
St. Patrick West	Joseph Andall	National Democratic Congress
	Anthony Boatswain	New National Party
St. John	George Vincent	National Democratic Congress
	Alvin DaBreo	New National Party
	Lyntoria Welch	Grenada Renaissance Party
St. Mark	Denneth Modeste	National Democratic Congress
	Clarice Modeste-Curwen	New National Party
St. Andrew South East	Patrick Simmons	National Democratic Congress
	Emmalin Pierre	New National Party
Source: Grenada Broadcast

Conduct

The preliminary report from invited Organisation of American States election observers was positive regarding the "civil and peaceful" election and its high turnout.^[5] The observers noted minor bureaucratic problems, and recommended greater enactment of campaign finance regulations.^[5] The observers also noted that women were under-represented in the list of candidates (9 of 48) and elected representatives (4 of 15).^[5]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New National Party	32,205	58.71	15	+11
	National Democratic Congress	22,377	40.79	0	–11
	National United Front	186	0.34	0	New
	Movement of Independent Candidates	25	0.05	0	New
	Grenada Renaissance Party	20	0.04	0	New
	Good Old Democratic Party	14	0.03	0	New
	Grenada United Patriotic Movement	14	0.03	0	New
	People's United Labour Party	11	0.02	0	New
	Independents	5	0.01	0	0
Total		54,857	100.00	15	0
Valid votes		54,857	99.63
Invalid/blank votes		201	0.37
Total votes		55,058	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		62,155	88.58
Source: PEO