{"iso":"SC","name":"Seychelles","flag":"\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde8","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2025-09-27","source":"2025 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the National Assembly vote at the general election of 27 September 2025, official results as published by the Electoral Commission of Seychelles. Smaller parties and independents are not shown.","shares":{"US":49.1,"LDS":44.8,"SUM":2.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"US":{"name":"United Seychelles (US)","color":"#ba2833","name_en":"United Seychelles"},"LDS":{"name":"Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS)","color":"#2C50A4","name_en":"Linyon Demokratik Seselwa"},"SUM":{"name":"Seychelles United Movement (SUM)","color":"#1f3175","name_en":"Seychelles United Movement"}},"primer":{"system":"Presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Patrick Herminie","legislature":"National Assembly, unicameral, 34 members serving five-year terms.","electoral_system":"Assembly members are elected under a parallel system of constituency and proportional seats, and the president is directly elected with a runoff if no candidate wins a majority.","government_now":"United Seychelles holds 19 of 34 Assembly seats, and its candidate Herminie won the presidency in the October 2025 runoff with 53 percent.","context":"The September 2025 general elections returned United Seychelles to power, with incumbent president Wavel Ramkalawan of Linyon Demokratik Seselwa defeated in the presidential runoff.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"US":["United Seychelles (US)","","Formerly Parti Lepep/SPPF, the socialist-rooted party that ruled Seychelles from 1977 to 2020; returned to power in 2025 and now governs, holding the presidency and an Assembly majority."],"LDS":["Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS)","Seychellois Democratic Union","Broad liberal-centrist coalition that governed 2020-2025 under Wavel Ramkalawan; lost both the Assembly and presidency in 2025 and is now the main opposition."],"SUM":["Seychelles United Movement (SUM)","","Small party that contested the 2025 election but won no Assembly seats."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2025 election","total":34,"seats":{"US":19,"LDS":15,"SUM":0}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2030-09","title":"Seychellois general election","chamber":"Presidency & National Assembly","type":"expected"}}