2008 Grenadian general election

General elections were held in Grenada on 8 July 2008. Out of a total of fifteen seats, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) won eleven seats and the governing New National Party (NNP) won four, bringing the NDC to power for the first time since 1995. The NNP was looking for a fourth consecutive term in power, which would have been a first in Grenadian history.

2008 Grenadian general election

8 July 2008

All 15 seats in the House of Representatives of Grenada
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tillman Thomas Keith Mitchell
Party NDC NNP
Last election 7 seats, 45.4% 8 seats, 47.8%
Seats won 11 4
Seat change 4 4
Popular vote 29,007 27,189
Percentage 51.2% 48.0%
Swing 5.8% 0.2%

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

PM before election

Keith Mitchell
NNP

Elected PM

Tillman Thomas
NDC

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