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1998 Seychellois general election

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FieldValue
countrySeychelles
election_date20–22 March 1998
registered54,847
module{{Infobox election
embedyes
election_namePresidential election
typepresidential
previous_election1993 Seychellois general election
previous_year1993
next_election2001 Seychellois presidential election
next_year2001
turnout86.70%
image_size130x130px
image1France-Albert René, June 2014.jpg
nominee1France-Albert René
party1FPPS
running_mate1James Michel
popular_vote131,048
percentage166.67%
image2Wavel Ramkalawan, August 2015 (cropped).jpg
nominee2Wavel Ramkalawan
party2United Opposition
popular_vote29,098
running_mate2Annette Georges
percentage219.53%
image3James Mancham 2014.jpg
nominee3James Mancham
party3Democratic Party
popular_vote36,427
running_mate3Danielle Belle
percentage313.80%
map_image1998 Seychelles presidential election - Results.svg
map_captionResults by constituency.
titlePresident
before_electionFrance-Albert René
before_partyFPPS
after_electionFrance-Albert René
after_partyFPPS
module{{Infobox legislative election
election_nameLegislative election
previous_election1993
next_election2002
embedyes
election_date20–22 March 1998
party1FPPS
leader1France-Albert René
percentage161.71
last_election127
seats130
party2UO
leader2Wavel Ramkalawan
percentage226.06
last_election21
seats23
party3SDP
leader3James Mancham
percentage312.10
last_election35
seats31
map1998 Seychelles legislative election - Results.svg
map_captionResults by constituency.

General elections were held in the Seychelles between 20 and 22 March 1998. Incumbent President France-Albert René and his Seychelles People's Progressive Front won both elections with over 60% of the vote, defeating a divided opposition.

Campaign

On the 4 February 1998 it was announced that the presidential and parliamentary elections would be held at the same time in March. President René and his ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front were expected to easily win the elections. René enjoyed strong support for introducing a social welfare system and benefited from the inability of the opposition to unite against him.

The election saw a joint team of international election monitors from the Commonwealth of Nations and Francophonie observe the election, the first time they had sent a combined team to observe an election. The team was led by Sir John Compton, former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia. However, there were some complaints about vote buying by government officials.

Results

President

President René won the presidential election with two-thirds of the vote, while former President Mancham was beaten into third place by Wavel Ramkalawan.

Parliament

The parliamentary results saw the governing Seychelles People's Progressive Front win 24 of the 25 directly elected seats and a further 6 of the 9 seats that were elected proportionally. The opposition Democratic Party was reduced to only one seat, while the new United Opposition won three seats.

References

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', pp785-786 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
  2. "The Seychelles: parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1998". [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]].
  3. (1998-03-14). "International: Serpent in the garden". [[The Economist]].
  4. (1998-03-24). "News in brief: Seychelles sticks to Rene". [[The Guardian]].
  5. Cornwell, Rupert. (1998-03-12). "Co-operation in Africa". [[The Independent]].
  6. (1998-03-11). "Joint inspection team for Seychelles". [[BBC News Online]].
  7. (1998-03-24). "Rene wins Seychelles presidential elections". [[Manila Standard]].
  8. "Elections in the Seychelles". African Elections Database.
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