Key takeaways: Grenada’s ruling NDC won 14 of 15 seats in Thursday’s general election, securing Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell a second term. The party took 61% of the vote on 63.3% turnout, with results still preliminary pending official certification.
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has won a landslide second term after his National Democratic Congress (NDC) took 14 of the 15 seats in Thursday’s general election. The opposition New National Party (NNP) held on to a single constituency, St George North West. Preliminary results from the Parliamentary Elections Office gave the NDC 61 percent of the valid vote.
The NDC polled 37,369 votes, against 22,567 for the NNP, or 36.8 percent. The Democratic People’s Movement, led by former foreign affairs minister Peter David, finished third with 1,189 votes but won no seat. Five other parties contested the election and together collected fewer than 200 votes.
Turnout was 63.3 percent, with 61,460 ballots cast from 97,031 registered voters, below the 69.5 percent recorded in 2022. Police officers voted in a special poll on Monday, 2 November, so they could work on election day, and their ballots were included in the count.
A sharp change from 2022
The result is a sharp change from the 2022 election, when the NDC won nine seats and the NNP six. It was the NNP’s first general election under Emmalin Pierre, who took over after former leader Keith Mitchell left active electoral politics. Keith Mitchell had represented St George North West for 42 years. The NNP’s Adrian Joseph kept the seat, winning 2,052 votes to 810 for the NDC candidate Nigel DeGale.
The election was watched by observer missions from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of American States (OAS). CARICOM’s 11-member mission was led by Herman St Helen, chief elections officer of St Lucia, while the OAS mission was headed by Ambassador Sherry Tross. The OAS has observed Grenadian elections since 1984, making this its ninth mission to the country. CARICOM is due to present its initial observations at a briefing on Friday, 6 November, at 4 pm.
Why it matters
The scale of the win gives Mitchell a near-total majority in the 15-seat House of Representatives, and a clear mandate for the programme he campaigned on: modernising the economy, strengthening healthcare and cutting youth unemployment. He has also been a prominent voice in the Caribbean campaign for a British apology and reparations for slavery, a cause that has drawn wider attention across the region. With the opposition reduced to a single seat, the new parliament will have almost no formal opposition bench, which puts the focus on how the government handles scrutiny of its own decisions.
What happens next
The results remain preliminary until the Parliamentary Elections Office completes its official recount and certification. Once confirmed, Mitchell will form his second government. Attention will then turn to his cabinet choices and to whether the first budget of the new term sets out the economic and healthcare changes he promised. CARICOM’s observations on Friday will also be watched for any concerns about the conduct of the vote.
Sources:
- NOW Grenada, “NDC secures second term with election victory,” 6 November 2026
- Associated Press via The New Indian Express, “Prime minister of small eastern Caribbean archipelago Dickon Mitchell secures a second term,” 6 November 2026
- Barbados Gazette, “Landslide: Dickon Mitchell’s NDC Wins 14 Of 15 Seats To Secure Second Term In Grenada Elections 2026,” 5 November 2026
