Seychelles Democratic Party

Seychelles Democratic Party
Founded	1964
Ideology	Conservatism British unionism (Until independence)
Political position	Right-wing
Politics of Seychelles Political parties Elections

The Seychelles Democratic Party is a political party in Seychelles. It was founded by the late Sir James Mancham and David Joubert in July 1964, and governed the country from 1970 to 1977. ^[1]

History

After a time in exile in the United Kingdom, Mancham returned to the islands following the Seychelles' transition to democracy in 1993. He had led the SDP from the time of its founding. At the last elections of 6 December 2002 the party won 3.1% of the vote and failed to gain representation in the National Assembly. In February 2005 Mancham stepped down with Nichol Gabriel assuming the leadership of the party. In March 2006 Paul Chow was elected as party leader in a vote held by the executives of the party. ^[2]

Leadership

• James Mancham, 1964 - February 2005 ^[3]
• Nichol Gabriel, February 2005 - March 2006 ^[3]
• Paul Chow, March 2006 ^[3] - 2008 ^[4] -?

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
		First round		Second round
1993	James Mancham	15,815	36.7%	-	-	LostN
1998		6,427	13.8%	-	-	LostN
2006	Supported Wavel Ramkalawan (SNP)	25,626	45.71%	-	-	LostN

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
1967	James Mancham	8,760	48.2%	4 / 8	4	1st	Majority government
1970		18,972	52.8%	10 / 15	6	1st	Supermajority government
1974		21,902	52.37%	13 / 15	3	1st	Supermajority government
1979	Banned One-party state rule from 1978 to 1991
1983
1987
1992	James Mancham	14,150	33.7%	8 / 22	8	2nd	Opposition
1993		14,062	32.3%	5 / 33	3	2nd	Opposition
1998		5,609	12.1%	1 / 34	4	3rd	Opposition
2002		1,605	3.10%	0 / 34	1	3rd	Extra-parliamentary
2007	Paul Chow	23,869 in alliance with SNP	43.43%	11 / 34	11	2nd	Opposition
2011	?	Boycotted		0 / 31	11		Extra-parliamentary

References

1. "The Democratic Party - Peace, Progress, Prosperity". 15 August 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-15.
2. Events of SDP Archived 2006-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
3. "The Democratic Party - Peace, Progress, Prosperity". 16 August 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-16.
4. "DP office re-opened -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc.