National Democratic Congress leader Dickon Mitchell yesterday defeated Dr Keith Mitchell’s New National Party (NNP) to become Grenada’s Prime Minister-designate.
The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) said that according to preliminary results, Mitchell’s NDC won yesterday’s general elections by taking nine of the 15 seats.
Mitchell, a 44-year-old attorney who only took over the opposition party in October last year, defeated Foreign Affairs Minister Oliver Joseph by 4,414 to 2,742 votes in the St David constituency and is expected to be sworn in as the new prime minister of Grenada today, CMC said.