Forty-five candidates were nominated here on Tuesday to contest the March 13 general election.
The majority of the candidates will represent the ruling New National Party (NNP) and the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The other candidates are from five minority parties and there are four independent candidates.
During Tuesday’s exercise, the NNP and NDC each nominated 15 candidates.
From the minority parties – two were nominated to represent the Grenada Empowerment Movement (GEM); three candidates will represent The Progressive Party (TPP); four were nominated to represent The Grenada Reconnaissance party (TGR); one candidate will represent The Liberal Party (TLP) and one will represent the Grenada Progressive Movement (TGPM).
In the 2013 general election, the NNP won all 15 seats defeating the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of then prime minister Tillman Thomas.
This will be the second time that a general election will be held on March 13.
On the first occasion in 1990, the NDC won seven seats, the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) four seats.
March 13 is a significant date in Grenada’s history.
On that day in 1979, members of the New Jewel Movement (NJM) headed by Maurice Bishop staged the first coup in the English-speaking Caribbean, removing the then prime minister Sir Eric Gairy from office while he was on a visit to the United States.
