Elections in Seychelles

Seychelles elects on national level a head of state—the president—and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly/Assemblée Nationale has 34 members elected for terms of five years, 25 members elected in single-seat constituencies and 9 members elected by proportional representation. Seychelles has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Latest elections

Presidential elections

Main article: 2015 Seychellois presidential election

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	James Michel	Danny Faure	People's Party	28,911	47.76	31,512	50.15
	Wavel Ramkalawan	Roger Mancienne	Seychelles National Party	21,391	35.33	31,319	49.85
	Patrick Pillay	Ahmed Afif	Seychellois Alliance	8,593	14.19
	Alexia Amesbury	Roy Fonseka	Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy	832	1.37
	Philippe Boullé	Peter Roselie	Independent	411	0.68
	David Pierre	Hervé Anthony	Popular Democratic Movement	400	0.66
Total				60,538	100.00	62,831	100.00
Valid votes				60,538	97.64	62,831	98.34
Invalid/blank votes				1,466	2.36	1,062	1.66
Total votes				62,004	100.00	63,893	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				70,943	87.40	70,943	90.06
Source: ECS

Parliamentary elections

Main article: 2016 Seychellois parliamentary election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				FPTP	PR	Total	+/–
	Linyon Demokratik Seselwa	30,444	49.59	15	4	19	New
	People's Party	30,218	49.22	10	4	14	–19
	Seychelles Patriotic Movement	602	0.98	0	0	0	New
	Independents	128	0.21	0	0	0	0
Total		61,392	100.00	25	8	33	–1
Valid votes		61,392	97.54
Invalid/blank votes		1,547	2.46
Total votes		62,939	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		71,932	87.50
Source: Electoral Commission

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database