2016 Seychellois parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections' will be held in Seychelles from 8 to 10 September 2016.[1] Three parties and three independent candidates are set to run for the 25 directly-elected seats.[2]
Electoral system
Members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 25 are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting, and up to a further nine are elected based on the percentage of votes received by each party; for each 10% of the total national vote received, a party gets one additional seat.[3]
Conduct
Two international observer groups have confirmed their presence during the election, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU). The SADC observer team of 19 members hail from eight SADC member countries and will cover all 25 constituencies.[4] While the AU is sending a historic observer team of women-only observers. The women only observer team is led by Fatuma Ndangiza and they will be present in the country from 1 to 15 September.[5]
Two local observer groups, the Citizens Democracy Watch Seychelles (CDWS) and the Association for Rights, Information and Democracy (ARID) will also provide feedback.[4]
References
- ^ Ngowi, Deus. "President Magufuli forms new SADC security organ to observe Seychelles parliamentary elections". Daily News. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Fourth party – Seychelles Patriotic Movement -- prepares to contest September parliamentary elections". M3 Web. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Electoral system Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ a b "Seychelles gearing up for the polls". ETN. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Oluwagbemi, Ayodele (1 September 2016). "AU approves "women-only" election observers to Seychelles". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
