2025 Seychellois general election


General elections were held in Seychelles on 27 September 2025 to elect a president and members of the National Assembly, with a second round of the presidential election held from 9 to 11 October after no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round.
The presidential election resulted in a victory for Patrick Herminie of the United Seychelles Party, who received 53% of the vote. Incumbent president Wavel Ramkalawan of the Linyon Demokratik Seselwa finished second with 47% of the vote.

Electoral system

The president of Seychelles is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round is held between the top two candidates.
Members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 26 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.

Candidates

For president

On the ballot

Withdrawn

  • Vincent Padayachy
  • Regis Francourt
  • Marco Kastner

Campaign

Herminie and his United Seychelles party pledged to revert the retirement age down to 63, reduce bus fares by 40% and increase social security benefits. Ralph Volcère pledged to decriminalize recreational cannabis as part of efforts to reduce the rate of drug addiction and put drug lords out of business. Another key issue in the election was the Ramkalawan administration's decision to lease large areas of Assumption Island, near the World Heritage Site and marine reserve of Aldabra, for 70 years to a Qatari-built luxury hotel chain, which triggered protests over environmental damage. This led Herminie to accuse Qatar of financing Ramkalawan's campaign and pledging to cancel the lease agreement.

Conduct

Early voting for elderly and essential workers was held on 25 September. More than 77,000 people were eligible to vote. For the second round, voting was held for outlying islands and some essential workers on 9 October, while voting in the country's three main islands was held on 11 October.

Results

President

Patrick Herminie placed first in both rounds, winning 49% and 53% of the vote respectively.