At stake in this election:

• 34 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President France Albert RENE
• Head of Government: President France Albert RENE
• Assembly: Seychelles has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 34 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), 25 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 9 members are allocated through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF)
  • Leader: France Albert EREN
  • Seats won in this election: 23
  • Seats won in last election: 30
• Party: Seychelles National Party (SNP)**
  • Leader: Wavel RAMKALAWAN
  • Seats won in this election: 11
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Party: Democratic Party (DP)
  • Leader: James MANCHAM
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Social Democratic Alliance (SDA)
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Independents
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

** SNP was previously the United Opposition party (OU).

Last Legislative election:

• Parliamentary elections were last held on March 20-22, 1998.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 83,700 (2002)
• Registered Voters: 61,315 (2002)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 42,044 (2002)

·         Is Seychelles a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Seychelles ratified CEDAW: Yes (5 May 1992)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 10 (following the 2002 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 64 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Seychelles a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Seychelles ratified CRPD: Yes (2 October 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 12,555 (est.)