New leadership for Grenada

Grenadians have elected a new government.

This as the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), led by 44-year-old Dickon Mitchell, comes out on top in today’s general elections, according to preliminary results released.

The NDC took 9 of the 15 seats with the remainder going to the New National Party (NNP) of Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell.

Several government ministers lost their seats in the election.

NDC’s Mitchell, who took over the leadership of the opposition party in October last year,  defeated Foreign Affairs Minister Oliver Joseph by a margin of 4,414 to 2,742 votes in the St. David constituency.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mitchell won his St. George North West seat by a comfortable margin – 2,211 votes against the NDC’s Jonathan LaCrette’s 773.

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