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...Grenada, election day 1984 dawned as a tropical idyl: clear skies and sunshine, with brief spells of rain to break the sultry Caribbean heat. The splendid morning weather helped make a large turnout seem as inevitable as the arrival of the winter cruise ships in St. George's, the capital. At churches, schools and even discotheques, 85% of the island's 48,000 voters lined up for their first free elections since 1976. The balloting was described by an observer from the Organization of American States as "flawless." So, from the point of view of the Reagan Administration...
...landslide winner, with 59% of the vote, was the centrist New National Party, led by Herbert Blaize, 66, a cautiously conservative former head of government whose political career on the island stretches back for decades. The N.N.P. won 14 of the 15 seats in Grenada's new House of Representatives. A day later, Blaize, who sported a new gray fedora on the way to the ceremony, was sworn in as Prime Minister at York House, Grenada's yellow brick, Georgian-style government building. He then thanked voters for "showing in such a massive way that they are willing...
Opposing Blaize's New National Party are the leftist Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement and the Grenada United Labor Party led by Sir Eric Gairy, winner of seven of the eight elections in Grenada's history...
...GEORGE'S, Grenada-- Grenadians vote today in a return to democracy that the United states and its Caribbean allies hope will not back fire...
...United States is officially neutral in the race for 15 seats in the British-style Parliament, but its obvious preference to win Grenada's first election since 1976 is 66-year-old moderate Herbert Blaize...