Grenada Parliament to Dissolve, Election Date Due Sunday
POLITICS · GRENADA
Key Facts
- —The country Grenada is a three-island Eastern Caribbean state with a 15-seat elected House of Representatives and King Charles III as head of state, represented by a governor-general.
- —What happened Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said the Grenada Parliament would be dissolved on Friday 2 October 2026. He plans to name the election date on Sunday 4 October.
- —The numbers At the last election, on 23 June 2022, Mitchell’s National Democratic Congress (NDC) won 9 of 15 seats; the New National Party (NNP) won 6.
- —What it means for you Friday 2 October is the last day of voter registration, Mitchell said. The constitution requires a vote within three months of dissolution, so by early January 2027.
- —Still open The dissolution proclamation had not been published by Friday afternoon. Also open: the polling day, nomination day and the full candidate lists. The 2027 budget will wait for the result.
The Grenada Parliament is due to be dissolved on Friday 2 October, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell confirmed this week. By Friday afternoon no dissolution proclamation had been published. He has said he will announce the date of the general election on Sunday 4 October.
The move ends the five-year term early, months before it would have expired in 2027. It opens a campaign in which the governing party defends a three-seat lead in a 15-seat chamber.
How the dissolution works
Under the constitution, the Grenada Parliament runs for five years unless it is dissolved earlier. The governor-general dissolves it, normally on the prime minister’s advice, and an election must follow within three months.
Mitchell tied the timing to the voters’ roll. “Once Parliament is dissolved, the writ for holding elections will be put in place by Governor-General [Cécile La Grenade],” he said, which means no further registration.
He urged unregistered Grenadians to sign up by Friday, Caribbean National Weekly reported on 1 October. NOW Grenada, a local news site, reported the same dissolution date and the 4 October announcement.
The starting position
The NDC took power on 23 June 2022, winning nine seats to the NNP’s six. Eight seats make a majority in the House of Representatives, the elected lower chamber.
Mitchell told a party rally on 27 September that the NDC would present all 15 candidates on 4 October in St Mark. Police have announced traffic arrangements for that NDC rally at Alston George Park, Victoria. A questionnaire to overseas supporters asked them to assume a vote “on or before December 31, 2026”, the regional agency CMC reported.
An opposition without its founder
The NNP will fight its first general election in more than three decades without its longtime leader, former prime minister Keith Mitchell, on the ballot. Emmalin Pierre, who took over as party leader in 2024, now leads the NNP and the parliamentary opposition.
On Thursday 1 October the House held a special sitting to mark Keith Mitchell’s 42 years representing St George North-West. “This is expected to be the last time that I will be officially here as a parliamentarian,” he said.
Dickon Mitchell, who is not related to him, thanked the former leader for his service. Keith Mitchell entered politics after the collapse of Maurice Bishop’s People’s Revolutionary Government.
Government business carries on
The state does not stop while the Grenada Parliament is dissolved. Mike Sylvester, permanent secretary in the finance ministry, told NOW Grenada that technical work on the 2027 budget is continuing.
Its timing now depends on the result. The 2026 estimates already plan a return in 2027 to the targets of the Fiscal Resilience Act, the law that caps borrowing and spending.
For background on the islands, their economy and institutions, see Grenada Explained 2026, the Spice Island at a Glance.
What Is Not Yet Known
The polling day and nomination day have not been published. By the constitutional rule, the vote must fall by early January 2027.
Neither party has released a full slate, and no independent poll has been published. The formal proclamation dissolving the Grenada Parliament had not been published by Friday afternoon.
Sources: Caribbean National Weekly (1 October, 2 October, 29 September 2026); NOW Grenada (1 October, 26 September 2026); CMC via Caribbean Today (30 September 2026); GrenadianLife (25 September 2026).
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