2025 Seychellois general election
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General elections are provisionally scheduled to be held in Seychelles on 27 September 2025.[1][2]
Electoral system
[edit]The president of Seychelles is elected using the two-round system;[3] if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round is held between the top two candidates.
Members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 26 (with a new constituency established in 2020) are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting, and up to a further ten 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.[4][5]
Candidates and lists
[edit]Presidential candidates
[edit]- Wavel Ramkalawan (Linyon Demokratik Seselwa), running mate Ahmed Afif
- Patrick Herminie (United Seychelles), running mate Sebastien Pillay[6]
- Maarco Francis (Seychelles United Movement)
- Alain St Ange (Lalyans Nouvo Sesel)
- Kisna Louise (Independent Candidate)
- Vincent Padayachy (Laliberte)
- Robert Moumou (Seychelles People’s National Movement),
- Regis Francourt (Independent)
- Ralph Volcère (Independent)
- Marco Kastner (Independent) and
- Charles De Clarisse (Independent)
Source: [7]
References
[edit]- ^ "EISA's 2025 African election calendar". EISA. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Seychelles' government proposes fixed date of Sept. 27 for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2025". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Republic of Seychelles: Election for President", IFES Election Guide
- ^ "Electoral system". Inter-Parliamentary Union.
- ^ "Seychelles : Constitution and politics". The Commonwealth. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020.
- ^ "United Seychelles Picks Its Second-in-Command: Sebastien Pillay Joins Herminie Ticket for 2025 Showdown". The Seychelles Times | Opinion and Entertainment Website. 23 June 2025.
- ^ "Presidential elections 2025". Seychelles Nation. 13 August 2025.
