1998 Seychellois general election

none Seychelles 20–22 March 1998 54,847 yes Presidential election presidential 1993 Seychellois general election 1993 2001 Seychellois presidential election 2001 86.70% 130x130px France-Albert René, June 2014.jpg France-Albert René FPPS James Michel 31,048 66.67% Wavel Ramkalawan, August 2015 (cropped).jpg Wavel Ramkalawan United Opposition 9,098 Annette Georges 19.53% James Mancham 2014.jpg James Mancham Democratic Party 6,427 Danielle Belle 13.80% 1998 Seychelles presidential election - Results.svg Results by constituency. President France-Albert René FPPS France-Albert René FPPS Legislative election 1993 2002 yes 20–22 March 1998 FPPS France-Albert René 61.71 27 30 UO Wavel Ramkalawan 26.06 1 3 SDP James Mancham 12.10 5 1 1998 Seychelles legislative election - Results.svg Results by constituency. 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 & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp785-786 0-19-829645-2 defeating a divided opposition. Campaign On the 4 February 1998 it was announced that the presidential and parliamentary elections would be held at the same time in March. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2279_98.htm The Seychelles: parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1998 2009-07-18 Inter-Parliamentary Union President René and his ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front were expected to easily win the elections. International: Serpent in the garden The Economist 52 1998-03-14 René enjoyed strong support for introducing a social welfare system and benefited from the inability of the opposition to unite against him. He was challenged by the former President James Mancham of the Seychelles Democratic Party, who he had deposed in a coup in 1977, and also by Wavel Ramkalawan of the new United Opposition party. News in brief: Seychelles sticks to Rene The Guardian 11 1998-03-24 The election saw a joint team of international election monitors from the Commonwealth of Nations and Francophonie observe the election, the first time they had sent a combined team to observe an election. Rupert Cornwell Co-operation in Africa The Independent 13 1998-03-12 https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/64547.stm Joint inspection team for Seychelles 2009-07-18 1998-03-11 BBC News Online The team was led by Sir John Compton, former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia. The monitors said the election was mainly free and fair, and complemented it on being well organised. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8JYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3358,2641201&dq=seychelles Rene wins Seychelles presidential elections 2009-07-18 1998-03-24 Manila Standard However, there were some complaints about vote buying by government officials. Results President President René won the presidential election with two-thirds of the vote, while former President Mancham was beaten into third place by Wavel Ramkalawan. http://africanelections.tripod.com/sc.html Elections in the Seychelles 2009-07-18 African Elections Database 2012-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20120716203140/http://africanelections.tripod.com/sc.html dead France-Albert René James Michel Seychelles People's Progressive Front 31048 Wavel Ramkalawan Annette Georges United Opposition 9098 James Mancham Danielle Belle Seychelles Democratic Party 6427 977 54847 Nohlen et al. Parliament The parliamentary results saw the governing Seychelles People's Progressive Front win 24 of the 25 directly elected seats and a further 6 of the 9 seats that were elected proportionally. The opposition Democratic Party was reduced to only one seat, while the new United Opposition won three seats. FPTP PR Total +/– Seychelles People's Progressive Front 28610 24 6 30 +3 United Opposition 12084 0 3 3 +2 Seychelles Democratic Party 5609 1 0 1 –4 Independents 60 0 0 0 New 1205 54847 25 9 34 +1 Nohlen et al. References Category:Elections in Seychelles Seychelles General Category:Presidential elections in Seychelles