Seychellois Presidential Election, 2015
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Seychellois Presidential Election, 2015
Presidential elections were held in Seychelles between 3 and 5 December 2015. As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held between 16 and 18 December."Seychelles presidential race heading for run-off within 14 days - no candidate wins absolute majority after 'highly contested'"
Seychelles News Agency, 6 December 2015.
Incumbent President was re-elected, defeating opposition leader



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Patrick Pillay
Patrick Georges Pillay is a Seychellois politician who was the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Seychelles from 2016 to 2018. Previously he served as Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Health. In 2010, he was appointed resident High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Standing in the September 2016 parliamentary election as a candidate of the opposition Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) coalition in Anse Boileau Anse Boileau () is an administrative district on the south of the island of Mahé in the Seychelles. Anse Boileau encapsulates the natural wonders of the Seychelles: it sits at the foot of a steep, green mountain, it is on the shores of the India ..., located on Mahé, Pillay won a seat in the National Assembly. The LDS won a majority of parliamentary seats, and Pillay was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly on 27 September 2016.Patsy Athanase and Betymie Bonnelame"A new legislative look: Seychelles’ sixth National Assembly sworn in" Seyche ...
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Presidential Elections In Seychelles
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David Pierre
David Pierre is a Seychellois politician and teacher. He was a member of the Seychelles National Party until 2011. He then founded the Popular Democratic Movement. Pierre is a teacher by profession. He was a member of the National Assembly of Seychelles from 2002 to 2016, serving as the parliamentary Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2016. He was a candidate for the 2015 presidential election. In 2016, Pierre was appointed as ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative of Seychelles to the African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa .... He resigned in 2020. References 1967 births Living people Members of the National Assembly (Seychelles) Seychelles National Party politicians Ambassadors of Seychelles {{Seychelles-bio-stub ...
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Philippe Boullé
Philippe Boullé is a Seychellois lawyer and politician. In the country's first multiparty presidential election, held in July 1993, he was the candidate of a three-party coalition known as the 'United Opposition'. He won 3.78% of the vote, finishing a distant third behind the incumbent President France-Albert René (59.50%) and James Mancham (36.72%).Elections in the Seychelles
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Boullé ran again in the 31 August - 2 September 2001 presidential election, this time as an , and finished last out of three candidates, winning 0.86% of the vote. He ran again as an independent candidate in the 28 - 30 July 2006

Roy Fonseka
Charles Errol "Roy" Fonseka is a Seychellois businessman and politician who is the current Minister of Home Affairs in the Cabinet of Seychelles. Before his venture into politics, he served 22 years in the British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, s .... References Seychellois politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Seychelles-politician-stub ...
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Seychellois Alliance
The Seychellois Alliance or Lalyans Seselwa was a political party in Seychelles. The party was founded in April 2015 as a split from the ruling Parti Lepep. Its founder Patrick Pillay was a senior member of Parti Lepep. After Pillay contested the 2015 presidential election on the Lalyans Seselwa ticket, the party formed the Linyon Demokratik Seselwa coalition with other opposition parties ahead of the 2016 legislative elections. Lalyans Seselwa left the Linyon Demokratik Seselwa coalition in February 2018. Pillay's candidacy for the 2020 presidential election was rejected due to a lack of signatures. The party then endorsed incumbent Danny Faure. For the legislative elections, Lalyans Seselwa nominated candidates in three districts, and endorsed United Seychelles United Seychelles is a political party in Seychelles. It publishes a newspaper called ''The People''. It was known as the Seychelles People's Progressive Front (french: Front Progressiste du Peuple Seychell ...
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Ahmed Afif
Ahmed Afif (born 6 January 1967) is a Seychellois politician and banker. He serves as the Vice President of Seychelles since 27 October 2020. Biography Ahmed Afif was born in Mahé in the Seychelles as the son Abdulla Afif, and is of Maldivian descent; his father was the President of the United Suvadive Republic from 1959 to 1963. Afif graduated from Warwick University in Maths, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics. He had served as chairman of NouvoBanq Seychelles and Seychelles Savings Bank. He was first elected to the National Assembly in 2006 for the Anse Etoile Constituency. In 2015, he joined the Seychellois Alliance as the running mate of Patrick Pillay in the 2015 presidential election. In 2016, the Seychellois Alliance joined Linyon Demokratik Seselwa Linyon Demokratik Seselwa ( en, Seychellois Democratic Alliance/Union, LDS) is a liberal political coalition which has governed since 2016 in the Seychelles. They have 25 seats in the National Assembly ...
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United Seychelles
United Seychelles is a political party in Seychelles. It publishes a newspaper called ''The People''. It was known as the Seychelles People's Progressive Front (french: Front Progressiste du Peuple Seychellois) until June 2009, when it changed its name to the People's Party (Seychellois Creole: ''Parti Lepep'', PL). The party changed its name again in November 2018, from the People's Party to United Seychelles. The party was founded in 1964 by France-Albert René, under the name Seychelles People's United Party, and it was led by him from its inception. The SPUP was the ruling party from 1977 to 2020 and was the sole legal party in the country from 1979 to 1991 (this period is referred to retrospectively as the "Second Republic"). The party is led by a Central Executive Committee. Leading members of the party over the years have been René, James Michel (formerly the chief of staff of the armed forces, information minister, finance minister and vice president from 1996 to 2004; ...
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Electoral Commission Of Seychelles
The Electoral Commission of Seychelles is the body that organise, oversee and regulate political elections in Seychelles. Currently headed by Hendrick Gappy, the body is also charged with the responsibilities of registering political parties in Seychelles. References External links * Elections in Seychelles Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...
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James Michel
James Alix Michel, GCSK (born August 16, 1944) is a Seychellois politician and the former President of Seychelles from year 2004 to 2016. He previously served as Vice-President under his predecessor, France-Albert René, from 1996 to 2004. Michel was initially a teacher, but later he became involved in the archipelago's booming tourism industry and joined René's political party before independence in 1976. Life and career Michel followed President René through different political posts during all periods of the Seychelles' history as an independent entity. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Seychelles People's United Party from 1974 to 1977; subsequently, when the party was transformed into the Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF), he became a member of its Central Executive Committee. René staged a coup against the country's first President, James Mancham, only one year after independence, and Michel was appointed Minister of Public Administration a ...
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