2016 Seychellois parliamentary election

none July 2026 Seychelles parliamentary 2011 Seychellois parliamentary election 2011 8–10 September 2016 2020 Seychellois general election 2020 All seats in the National Assembly Roger Mancienne head shot(cropped).jpg Roger Mancienne LDS 1D3C9F 30,444 49.59% New – 19 New James Michel 2014.png James Michel PP FF0000 30,218 49.22% 39.34pp 88.56%, 31 seats 14 17 2016 Seychelles legislative election - Results.svg Results by constituency Parliamentary elections were held in Seychelles from 8 to 10 September 2016.http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/53293-president-magufuli-forms-new-sadc-security-organ-to-observe-seychelles-parliamentary-elections President Magufuli forms new SADC security organ to observe Seychelles parliamentary elections Ngowi Deus Daily News 4 September 2016 16 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160916130058/http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/53293-president-magufuli-forms-new-sadc-security-organ-to-observe-seychelles-parliamentary-elections dead Three parties and three independent candidates ran for the 25 directly-elected seats.http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/5703/Fourth+party++Seychelles+Patriotic+Movement+--+prepares+to+contest+September+parliamentary+elections Fourth party – Seychelles Patriotic Movement -- prepares to contest September parliamentary elections M3 Web 4 September 2016 The result was a victory for the opposition Linyon Demokratik Seselwa alliance, which won 19 of the 33 seats. It was the first time since the 1979 elections that the People's Party did not win a majority of seats.LDS supporters celebrate Seychelles' election victory; party leaders agree on unity call Seychelles News Agency, 11 September 2016 Electoral system Members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 25 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.Electoral system Inter-Parliamentary UnionSeychelles : Constitution and politics https://web.archive.org/web/20201013222727/http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/seychelles/constitution-politics 13 October 2020 The Commonwealth Campaign The four main opposition parties (the Seychelles National Party, the Seychellois Alliance, the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy and the Seychelles United Party) formed a coalition, Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) in order to contest the elections, having boycotted the 2011 elections,Seychelles IFES which saw the People's Party win all 31 seats. The Seychelles Patriotic Movement nominated 23 candidates for the 25 constituency seats, whilst three independent candidates also ran.Opposition coalition -- LDS -- wins Seychelles' National Assembly in historic electoral transition Seychelles News Agency, 11 September 2016 Conduct Two international observer groups were present during the election, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU). The SADC observer team of 19 members hailed from eight SADC member countries and covered all 25 constituencies.http://www.eturbonews.com/74276/seychelles-gearing-polls Seychelles gearing up for the polls 3 September 2016 ETN 4 September 2016 4 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160904165205/http://www.eturbonews.com/74276/seychelles-gearing-polls dead The AU sent a historic observer team of women-only observers, led by Fatuma Ndangiza, present in the country from 1 to 15 September.http://punchng.com/au-approves-deployment-women-election-observers-seychelles/ AU approves "women-only" election observers to Seychelles Oluwagbemi Ayodele 1 September 2016 en-US 4 September 2016 The Punch Two local observer groups, the Citizens Democracy Watch Seychelles (CDWS) and the Association for Rights, Information, and Democracy (ARID) also provided feedback. Results FPTP PR Total +/– Linyon Demokratik Seselwa 30444 15 4 19 New People's Party 30218 10 4 14 –19 Seychelles Patriotic Movement 602 0 0 0 New Independents 128 0 0 0 0 1547 25 8 33 –1 71932 Electoral Commission References Category:Elections in Seychelles Seychelles Parliamentary