2025 Seychellois general election explained

Country:Seychelles
Previous Election:2020 Seychellois general election
Previous Year:2020
Module:
Embed:yes
Type:presidential
Election Name:Presidential election
Election Date:27 September 2025
Before Party:LDS
Before Election:Wavel Ramkalawan
President

General elections are provisionally due to be held in Seychelles on 27 September 2025.[1] [2]

Electoral system

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EISA's 2025 African election calendar. 2024-04-11. EISA.
  2. Web site: Seychelles' government proposes fixed date of Sept. 27 for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2025 . 2024-08-25 . www.seychellesnewsagency.com.
  3. http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2883/ Republic of Seychelles: Election for President
  4. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2279_B.htm Electoral system
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20201013222727/https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/seychelles/constitution-politics Seychelles : Constitution and politics