Seychelles to hold presidential run-off after vote fails to produce clear winner

SEYCHELLES: Seychelles is set to hold a rerun of its presidential elections between the two main contenders, after no outright winner was announced.

Opposition leader Patrick Herminie received 48.8% of the vote against the incumbent President Wavel Ramkalawan who garnered 46.4%, the electoral commission announced.

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According to the electoral rules, a candidate must obtain more than 50% of the vote to be declared the winner, and a run-off election has subsequently been scheduled for next week.

Seychelles is Africa’s smallest country, a 115-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean with a population of just over 120,000.