This article lists political parties in Seychelles. Seychelles has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties (SPPF and SNP), with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

The parties

Parliamentary parties

PartyAbbr.PositionIdeologyMPs
Seychellois Democratic Alliance
Seselwa: Linyon Demokratik Seselwa
French: Union démocratique seychelloise		 Seychelles National Party SNP Centre Liberalism
25 / 35
Seychelles Party for
Social Justice and Democracy		 SPSJD
United Seychelles
Seselwa: Parti Lepep (former)
French: Seychelles unies		 US Centre-left
to left-wing		 Democratic socialism
Social democracy
10 / 35

Other parties

NameNative nameIdeologyNotes
Seychelles United Movement Movman Linite Seselwa Democratic socialism Reform, Unity, Prosperity
Seychelles Democratic Party ?ConservatismOriginally supported british rule.
Seychellois AllianceLalyans Seselwa ?Was part of Linyon Demokratik Seselwa until 2018.

Former parties

Former parties
NameNative nameIdeologyNotes
Seychelles Movement for Democracy ?DemocracyActive during the 90s.
  • Seychelles United Party (SUP) (formerly the New Democratic Party)[1]
  • Independent Conservative Union of Seychelles (ICUS)[1]

The election of the National Assembly was held on the 22–24 October 2020. The Seychelles National Party, the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy and the Seychelles United Party formed a coalition, Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS). The coalition won the majority of the seats.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Seychelles - Political structure". The Ecconomist Intelligence Unit. The Economist Group. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "EISA Seychelles: 2020 National Assembly election results overview".
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