1990 Grenadian general election

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1990 Grenadian general election
Flag of Grenada.svg
  1984 13 March 1990 1995  

All 15 seats in the House of Representatives
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.42%
 First partySecond party
  3x4.svg Eric Gairy 1977.png
Leader Nicholas Brathwaite Eric Gairy
Party NDC GULP
Leader's seat Carriacou St. George South
(lost seat)
Last electionNew party35.88%, 1 seat
Seats won74
Seat changeNew partyIncrease2.svg3
Popular vote13,63711,105
Percentage34.55%28.13%
SwingNew partyDecrease2.svg7.75pp

 Third partyFourth party
  Keith Mitchell.jpg Ben Jones Grenada 1986.png
Leader Keith Mitchell Ben Jones
Party NNP NP
Leader's seat St. George North West St. Andrew South West
Last election17.52%, 2 seatsNew party
Seats won22
Seat changeDecrease2.svg12New party
Popular vote6,9166,854
Percentage17.52%17.36%
SwingDecrease2.svg41.09ppNew party

Grenadian general election map, 1990.svg
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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Democratic Congress 13,63734.557New
Grenada United Labour Party 11,10528.134+3
New National Party 6,91617.522–12
The National Party 6,85417.362New
Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement 9382.3800
Good Old Democratic Party 60.020New
Independents 150.0400
Total39,471100.00150
Valid votes39,47198.83
Invalid/blank votes4681.17
Total votes39,939100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,37468.42
Source: Nohlen

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References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p307 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p311