2025 Seychellois general election

2025 Seychellois general election

←  2020 27 September 2025 2030 →

Presidential election

Nominee Wavel Ramkalawan Patrick Herminie Party LDS US Running mate Ahmed Afif Sebastien Pillay

Incumbent President Wavel Ramkalawan LDS

Parliamentary election

←  2020 2030  →

All 35 seats in the National Assembly 18 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Last election LDS Wavel Ramkalawan 25 US Patrick Herminie 10

General elections are provisionally scheduled 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]}

Candidates and lists

Presidential candidates

• 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)
• Charles De Clarisse (independent)

Source: ^[7]

References

1. "EISA's 2025 African election calendar". EISA. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
2. "Seychelles' government proposes fixed date of Sept. 27 for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2025". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
3. "Republic of Seychelles: Election for President". IFES Election Guide. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
4. "Electoral system". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
5. "Seychelles : Constitution and politics". The Commonwealth. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
6. "United Seychelles Picks Its Second-in-Command: Sebastien Pillay Joins Herminie Ticket for 2025 Showdown". The Seychelles Times. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
7. "Presidential elections 2025". Seychelles Nation. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.