Seychellois constitutional commission election, 1992

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An election for a constitutional commission wa held in the Seychelles between 23 and 26 July 1992. They were the first multi-party elections since the 1977 coup had installed the Seychelles People's Progressive Front as the sole legal party. The commission was elected by proportional representation, with a threshold of 5% to win one of the 22 seats.[1]

The SPPF emerged as the largest party with 14 of the representatives, whilst the remaining eight went to the Seychelles Democratic Party. Voter turnout was 85.3%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Seychelles People's Progressive Front 24,538 58.4 14
Seychelles Democratic Party 14,150 33.7 8
Seselwa Party 1,829 4.4 0
National Alliance Party 672 1.6 0
Seychelles Movement for Democracy 322 0.8 0
Seychelles National Party 259 0.6 0
Seychelles Liberal Party 201 0.5 0
Seychelles Christian Democrats 54 0.1 0
Invalid/blank votes 623 - -
Total 42,645 100 22
Source: Nohlen et al

References

  1. ^ Seychelles: 1992 Constitutional Commission election results EISA
  2. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p784 ISBN 0198296452