The unicameral
National Assembly of Seychelles is the country's legislative body.
The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 4, 5, and 6 December 2002, has a total of 34 members. 25 members are elected in single member
constituenciesA constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves...
using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The remaining 9 members are elected through a system of
proportional representationProportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of electoral formula aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive...
. Members serve five-year terms.
Ten women occupy seats in the National Assembly.
The current
speakerThe term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the...
of the National Assembly is Dr.
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The unicameral
National Assembly of Seychelles is the country's legislative body.
The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 4, 5, and 6 December 2002, has a total of 34 members. 25 members are elected in single member
constituenciesA constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves...
using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The remaining 9 members are elected through a system of
proportional representationProportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of electoral formula aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive...
. Members serve five-year terms.
Ten women occupy seats in the National Assembly.
The current
speakerThe term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the...
of the National Assembly is Dr.
Patrick HerminiePatrick Herminie is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Seychelles, to which post he was elected on May 29. 2007. A doctor by profession, he is a member of the Seychelles People's Progressive Front, and was first elected to the Assembly in 1993....
.
Previous National Assembly election results
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ElectionAn election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and...
Year |
| 1993 |
1998 |
| Seychelles People's Progressive Front Seychelles People's Progressive Front is a socialist political party in Seychelles. It publishes a newspaper called The People.The SPPF was founded in 1964 by France-Albert René, under the name Seychelles People's United Party, and it has been led by him since its inception...
(SPPF) |
27 |
30 |
| United Opposition (UO) |
01 |
03 |
| Democratic Party (DP) |
05 |
01 |
| Total |
33 |
34 |
Note: The United Opposition (UO) was a coalition of three political parties - the
Seychelles PartySeychelles Party is a political party of the Seychelles....
(Party Seselwa, PS), Seychelles National Movement (SNM), and the National Alliance Party (NAP). In 1994, its member parties merged and contested the 1998 elections as a political party under the same name. Soon after, the United Opposition was renamed Seychelles National Party (SNP).
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