At stake in this election:

• 34 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblee 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 (Assemblee 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 (Assemblee 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: Mr. France Albert RENE
  • Seats won in this election: 30
  • Seats won in last election: 27
• Party: United Opposition (UO)
  • Leader: Rev. Wavel RAMKALAWAN
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Democratic Party (DP)
  • Leader: Sir James R. MANCHAM
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 5

Last Legislative election:

• The last legislative elections to the National Assembly were held on July 23, 1993.
  33 seats decided on in the last election.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 78,846 (July 1998)
• Registered Voters: 56,365 (1998)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 39,488 (1998)

·         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: 8 (following the 1998 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: 11,826 (est.)