ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada– Grenada’s two main political parties Wednesday nominated candidates to contest all 15 seats up for grabs in the June 23 general election, electoral officials have said.
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell is leading the ruling New National Party (NNP) into the elections, hoping to win a third consecutive term in office after leading the party to successive sweeps of all the seats in the Parliament in the last two general elections.
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell (left) and NDC leader Dickon Mitchell (File Photo)
The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), which last won a general election here in 2008, and suffered back-to-back clean sweeps in the next general elections, is being led by attorney Dickon Mitchell. He is confident of reversing the fortunes of the party.
“The period for Nomination was from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon (local time), and after that, all the returning officers will come together in the main office for the Supervisor of Elections to tally the number of candidates, so a final number will be provided after this is done,” said Ferdinand Phillip, Civic and Education Officer at the Parliamentary Elections Office.
In the last general election held in 2018, there were seven political parties, but only the NNP and the NDC, the smaller parties, failed to impress the voters.