Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...

elects on national level a

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being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

—the

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—and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The

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/Assemblée Nationale has 34 members elected for terms of five years, 25 members elected in single-seat

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and 9 members elected by

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. Seychelles has a

two-party system A two-party system is a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. At any point in time, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referr ...

, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anyone to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

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* 1948 Seychellois parliamentary election * 1951 Seychellois parliamentary election * 1953 Seychellois parliamentary election * 1957 Seychellois parliamentary election * 1963 Seychellois parliamentary election *

1967 Seychellois parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Seychelles in 1967. The Seychelles Democratic Party won four of the eight seats.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter ...

* 1970 Seychellois parliamentary election *

1974 Seychellois parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Seychelles on 25 April 1974. The result was a victory for the Seychelles Democratic Party, which won 13 of the 15 seats.1979 Seychellois general election General elections were held in the Seychelles between 23 and 26 June 1979 to elect a President and People's Assembly. Following a coup in 1977, the Seychelles People's Progressive Front (previously the Seychelles People's United Party) was the ...

* 1983 Seychellois parliamentary election *

1987 Seychellois parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Seychelles on 6 December 1987 for the People's Assembly. The Seychelles People's Progressive Front was the sole legal party at the time, and all candidates were members. Thirty-six candidates stood for 23 ...

1992 Seychellois constitutional commission election Constitutional Commission elections were held in the Seychelles between 23 and 26 July 1992. They were the first multi-party elections since the 1977 coup had installed the Seychelles People's Progressive Front as the sole legal party. The commis ...

1993 Seychellois general election General elections were held in the Seychelles between 20 and 23 July 1993 following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum on 18 June. They were the first-ever multi-party elections for President and the first multi-party election for ...

1998 Seychellois general election General elections were held in the Seychelles between 20 and 22 March 1998. Incumbent President France-Albert René and his Seychelles People's Progressive Front won both elections with over 60% of the vote,Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Be ...

2002 Seychellois parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Seychelles on 6 December 2002. The result was a victory for the ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front, which won 18 of the 25 constituency seats and five of the nine proportional representation seats.

2007 Seychellois parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Seychelles between 10 and 12 May 2007.

2011 Seychellois parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Seychelles from 29 September to 1 October 2011. The elections were boycotted by all the main opposition parties. As a result, the People's Party won 33 of the 34 seats in the National Assembly. Background ...

2016 Seychellois parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Seychelles from 8 to 10 September 2016. Three parties and three independent candidates ran for the 25 directly-elected seats. The result was a victory for the opposition Linyon Demokratik Seselwa alliance, wh ...

2025 Seychellois general election General elections are provisionally scheduled to be held in Seychelles on 27 September 2025. Electoral system The president of Seychelles is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, ...

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