Linyon Demokratik Seselwa ( en, Seychellois Democratic Alliance/Union, LDS) is a liberal political coalition which has governed since 2016 in the

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. They have 25 seats in the

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. The coalition was originally made up of the four main opposition parties: the

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(SNP) led by

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, the

Seychellois Alliance The Seychellois Alliance or Lalyans Seselwa was a political party in Seychelles. The party was founded in April 2015 as a split from the ruling Parti Lepep. Its founder Patrick Pillay was a senior member of Parti Lepep. After Pillay contest ...

(LS) led by

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, the

Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy Alexia Amesbury (born , née Jumeau) is a Seychellois politician and a lawyer by profession. Under the umbrella of the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy, she contested in the 2015 presidential election to become the first woman t ...

led by

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and the Seychelles United Party led by Robert Ernesta. The

left the coalition in February 2018 after the resignation of their leader

as speaker and member of the

in January 2018. Seychelles opposition candidate Wavel Ramkalawan (LDS) won in the 2020 Seychellois general election with 54.9 percent of valid votes cast, upsetting incumbent President

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. The opposition won its first presidential poll in over 40 years since Seychelles gained independence from Britain. LDS received also a clear majority (25 out of 35 seats) in the National Assembly.

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Political parties in Seychelles {{Africa-party-stub

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