1990 Grenadian general election

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1990 Grenadian general election

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All 15 seats in the
House of Representatives

8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.42%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nicholas Brathwaite Eric Gairy
Party NDC GULP
Leader's seat Carriacou St. George South
(lost seat)
Last election New party 35.88%, 1 seat
Seats won 7 4
Seat change New party Increase3
Popular vote 13,637 11,105
Percentage 34.55% 28.13%
Swing New party Decrease7.75pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Keith Mitchell Ben Jones
Party NNP NP
Leader's seat St. George North West St. Andrew South West
Last election 17.52%, 2 seats New party
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Decrease12 New party
Popular vote 6,916 6,854
Percentage 17.52% 17.36%
Swing Decrease41.09pp New party

Winning party by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Ben Jones
NP

Elected Prime Minister

Nicholas Brathwaite
NDC

General elections were held in Grenada on 13 March 1990.[1] The result was a victory for the National Democratic Congress, which won seven of the 15 seats. Voter turnout was 68.4%.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Democratic Congress13,63734.557New
Grenada United Labour Party11,10528.134+3
New National Party6,91617.522–12
The National Party6,85417.362New
Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement9382.3800
Good Old Democratic Party60.020New
Independents150.0400
Total39,471100.00150
Valid votes39,47198.83
Invalid/blank votes4681.17
Total votes39,939100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,37468.42
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, p311