1993 Seychellois general election

General elections were held in the Seychelles between 20 and 23 July 1993 following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum on 18 June. They were the first-ever multi-party elections for President and the first multi-party election for the National Assembly since 1974. The Assembly was increased from 22 to 33 seats by the addition of 11 seats to be elected by proportional representation in addition to the 22 constituency seats.

1993 Seychellois presidential election
20–23 July 1993
Registered50,370
Turnout43,584 (86.53%)
 
Nominee France-Albert René James Mancham
Party FPPS Democratic Party
Popular vote 37,703 15,815
Percentage 59.50% 36.72%
President before election

France-Albert René
FPPS

 Elected President

France-Albert René
FPPS

Politics of Seychelles
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The ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front, which had previously been the sole legal party, won both elections, taking 27 of the 33 seats in the National Assembly, whilst its leader, France-Albert René, won the presidential election. The other two parties to contest the election were the Seychelles Democratic Party, which won five seats, and the United Opposition, an alliance of the Seselwa Party, the Seychelles National Party and the National Alliance Party), which won one. Voter turnout was 86.5%.[1][2]

Results

President
CandidatePartyVotes%
France-Albert RenéSeychelles People's Progressive Front25,62759.50
James ManchamSeychelles Democratic Party15,81536.72
Philippe BoulléUnited Opposition1,6313.79
Total43,073100.00
Valid votes43,07398.83
Invalid/blank votes5111.17
Total votes43,584100.00
Registered voters/turnout50,37086.53
Source: African Elections Database

National Assembly
PartyVotes%Seats
FPTPPRTotal
Seychelles People's Progressive Front24,64257.4821627+4
Seychelles Democratic Party14,06232.80145New
United Opposition4,1639.71011New
Total42,867100.00221133+8
Valid votes42,86698.36
Invalid/blank votes7131.64
Total votes43,579100.00
Registered voters/turnout50,37086.52
Source: African Elections Database[lower-alpha 1]
  1. The official results reported a total of 42,866 valid votes, one less than the total number of votes received by each party.

References
  1. Elections in the Seychelles African Elections Database
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p785 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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