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Electoral Systems
ES001
Head of State
Question: How is the Head of State selected?
Answer(s):
a . Head of State is the Head of Government c . Directly elected in general elections (absolute majority with 2nd round if necessary)
Comments: Constitution, art. 50: There shall be a President of Seychelles who shall be the Head of State, Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of Seychelles.
Source: - Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (2011), art. 50
-Pre-election Assessment Mission report, Presidential election of 2015, EISA (2015)
Verified: 2025/02/25
ES002
Head of Government
Question: How is the Head of Government selected?
Answer:
b . Directly elected in general elections, absolute majority (with 2nd round if necessary)
Comments:
Source: - Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (2011), art. 50
-Pre-election Assessment Mission report, Presidential election of 2015, EISA (2015)
Verified: 2025/02/25
ES003
President
Question: Does the country have a president?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: Constitution, Art. 50: There shall be a President of Seychelles who shall be the Head of State, Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of Seychelles.
Source: Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (2011), art. 50
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/SC/seychelles-constitution-2011/view
Verified: 2025/02/25
ES004
Number of Chambers
Question: The national legislature consists of (one/two chambers):
Answer:
a . One chamber
Comments: Seychelles' national legislature consists of one Chamber, the National Assembly (Lasanble Nasyonal Sesel), with up to 35 seats.
Source: Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (2011),Art. 78
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/SC/seychelles-constitution-2011/view
Verified: 2025/02/25
ES005
Electoral System (Chamber 1)
Question: What is the electoral system for Chamber 1 of the national legislature?
Answer(s):
a . Plurality (FPTP) j . Other
Comments: Seychelles has a hybrid system of electing its members whereby both, the 'first-past the post system' and the 'proportional system' is used. Twenty-five (25) MPs are directly elected by simple majority vote.
Remaining members are nominated by political parties that obtain at least 10% of the total votes cast under the majority system. These parties are entitled to nominate one member for every 10% of the votes polled. There may be up to ten (10) proportionately elected Members.
Constitution, Schedule 4 Art. 78(b): 4. "A political party which may nominate a proportionately elected member of the National Assembly shall, within seven days after the general election, signify in writing to the Electoral Commission the name of the member and the Electoral Commission shall as soon as is practicable after receiving all the names of the proportionately elected members under this Schedule publish the names in the Gazette."
Constitution, Schedule 4 Art. 78(b):2. "A political party which has nominated one or more candidates in a general election and has polled in respect of the candidates in aggregate 10% or more of the votes cast at the election may nominate a proportionally elected member for each 10% of the votes polled."
Source: - Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (2011), Schedule 4, Art. 78(b)
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/SC/seychelles-constitution-2011/view
- A guide to the National Assembly, National Assembly of Seychelles (2013)
http://www.enabletheworld.com/lib2/AguideToTheSeychellesNationalAssembly.pdf
Verified: 2025/02/25
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