General election · 13 September 1962

1962 general election

GNP 6 · GULP 4

GNP: 53.7%; 11,340 votes
GULP: 46.0%; 9,705 votes
IND: 0.3%; 61 votes
Turnout: 72.6%; 31,766 registered

Not officially sourcedSource: Winners’ votes checked against the Government Gazette (Extraordinary) Nos. 56 and 63 of 1962. Other candidates’ votes are from ElectionPassport (secondary) and are marked ✱. Turnout from Wikipedia (secondary).

Different boundaries

Before 1972 Grenada had 10 constituencies with different boundaries, so these results aren’t drawn on today’s map. Winners’ votes are checked against the Government Gazette; figures marked ✱ come from a secondary compilation.

Every constituency (earlier boundaries)

St. George's Town

Majority 879 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. George's Town, 1962
Mitchell, E.A.Grenada National Party · elected	70.7%1,500
Mark, M.Z.Grenada United Labour Party	29.3%621^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. George Parish North

Majority 135 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. George Parish North, 1962
Purcell, L.A.Grenada National Party · elected	52.3%1,566
James, E.V.Grenada United Labour Party	47.7%1,431^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. George Parish South

Majority 254 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. George Parish South, 1962
Gairy, E.M.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	55.6%1,269
Cruickshank, A.M.Grenada National Party	44.4%1,015^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. John

Majority 41 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. John, 1962
Welsh, McD.Grenada National Party · elected	49.5%983
Preudhomme, H.J.Grenada United Labour Party	47.4%942^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Ferguson, C.G.Independent	3.1%61^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. Mark

Majority 142 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. Mark, 1962
Forsyth, A.O.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	56.4%622
Duncan, W.L.Grenada National Party	43.6%480^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. Patrick

Majority 703 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. Patrick, 1962
Copland, W.E.Grenada National Party · elected	62.2%1,795
Moses, R.J.Grenada United Labour Party	37.8%1,092^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. Andrew North

Majority 81 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. Andrew North, 1962
Williams, A.L.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	51.6%1,315
Thomas, L.C.J.Grenada National Party	48.4%1,234^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. Andrew South

Majority 533 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. Andrew South, 1962
Bhola, R.M.Grenada National Party · elected	59.9%1,609
Sylvester, D.T.Grenada United Labour Party	40.1%1,076^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

Note: Winner’s vote corrected from ElectionPassport’s 1,610 to the Gazette’s 1,609.

St. David

Majority 179 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. David, 1962
Gairy, C.B.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	53.6%1,337
Hypolite, C.Grenada National Party	46.4%1,158^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

Carriacou

Majority 0 · Turnout – · Registered –

Carriacou, 1962
Blaize, H.A.Grenada National Party · elected	0.0%0

Note: Herbert Augustus Blaize was returned unopposed on nomination day, 25 August 1962.