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Grenada elects a legislature on the national level. The Parliament of Grenada has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 15 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 13 appointed members. Grenada has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| National Democratic Congress | 31,430 | 51.84 | 9 | +9 | |
| New National Party | 28,959 | 47.76 | 6 | –9 | |
| Grenada United Labour Party | 64 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Freedom Party | 60 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
| Grenada Renaissance Party | 31 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 86 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 60,630 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 60,630 | 99.49 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 311 | 0.51 | |||
| Total votes | 60,941 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 86,658 | 70.32 | |||
| Source: Grenada Elections 2022 | |||||
| Constituency | Electorate | Turnout | % | Political party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Carriacou and Petite Martinique | 5,414 | 3,780 | 69.81 | National Democratic Congress | Tevin Andrews | 1,954 | 51.69 | |
| New National Party | Kindra Stewart | 1,805 | 47.75 | |||||
| St. Andrew North East | 5,362 | 4,071 | 75.92 | New National Party | Kate Lewis-Peters | 2,190 | 53.79 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Tessa St. Cyr | 1,864 | 45.78 | |||||
| Independent Freedom Party | Jennel Ramsee | 10 | 0.24 | |||||
| St. Andrew North West | 4,798 | 3,680 | 76.69 | New National Party | Delma Thomas | 1,898 | 51.57 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Gloria Thomas | 1,767 | 48.01 | |||||
| St. Andrew South East | 4,868 | 3,571 | 73.35 | New National Party | Emmalin Pierre | 1,893 | 53.01 | |
| National Democratic Congress | David Andrew | 1660 | 46.48 | |||||
| St. Andrew South West | 5,327 | 3,855 | 72.36 | National Democratic Congress | Lennox Andrews | 2,129 | 55.22 | |
| New National Party | Yoland Bain-Horsford | 1,704 | 44.20 | |||||
| St. David | 9,866 | 7,189 | 72.86 | National Democratic Congress | Dickon Mitchell | 4,414 | 61.39 | |
| New National Party | Oliver Joseph | 2,742 | 38.14 | |||||
| Independent Freedom Party | Junior Francis | 18 | 0.25 | |||||
| St. George North East | 7,727 | 5,390 | 69.75 | National Democratic Congress | Ron Redhead | 3,220 | 59.74 | |
| New National Party | Nimrod Ollivierre | 2,133 | 39.57 | |||||
| Grenada Renaissance Party | Martin Edwards | 15 | 0.27 | |||||
| St. George North West | 4,534 | 2,995 | 66.05 | New National Party | Keith Mitchell | 2,211 | 73.82 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Jonathan LaCrette | 773 | 25.80 | |||||
| St. George South | 10,903 | 7,019 | 64.37 | National Democratic Congress | Andy Williams | 4,029 | 57.40 | |
| New National Party | Sebastian Cox | 2,961 | 42.18 | |||||
| Grenada Renaissance Party | Mendell Samuel | 12 | 0.17 | |||||
| St. George South East | 5,413 | 3,800 | 70.20 | National Democratic Congress | Alfred Telesford | 2,122 | 55.84 | |
| New National Party | Gregory Bowen | 1,634 | 43.0 | |||||
| Independent Freedom Party | Bassanio Nicholas | 32 | 0.84 | |||||
| Grenada Renaissance Party | Dennyka Checkley | 4 | 0.10 | |||||
| St. John | 6,392 | 4,464 | 69.83 | National Democratic Congress | Kerryne James | 2,216 | 49.64 | |
| New National Party | Martin DaBreo | 2,209 | 49.48 | |||||
| Grenada United Labour Party | Geoffrey Preudhomme | 19 | 0.42 | |||||
| St. Mark | 3,690 | 2,498 | 67.69 | New National Party | Clarice Modeste-Curwen | 1,470 | 58.84 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Quinc Britton | 995 | 39.83 | |||||
| Grenada United Labour Party | David Francis | 18 | 0.72 | |||||
| St. Patrick East | 3,914 | 2,791 | 71.30 | National Democratic Congress | Dennis Matthew-Cornwall | 1,443 | 51.70 | |
| New National Party | Pamela Moses | 1,322 | 47.36 | |||||
| Grenada United Labour Party | Nigel John | 18 | 0.64 | |||||
| St. Patrick West | 4,668 | 3,288 | 70.43 | National Democratic Congress | Joseph Andall | 1,726 | 52.49 | |
| New National Party | Victor Philip | 1,458 | 44.34 | |||||
| Independent | Winston Frederick | 86 | 2.61 | |||||
| Grenada United Labour Party | Augustine David | 9 | 0.27 | |||||
| Town of St. George | 3,781 | 2,462 | 65.11 | New National Party | Peter David | 1,329 | 53.98 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Claudette Joseph | 1,118 | 45.41 | |||||
| Source: Grenada Elections 2022 | ||||||||
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