US EditionFormer speaker Herminie wins Seychelles presidential election
Patrick Herminie won with 52.7% of the vote, ending incumbent Ramkalawan's term amid concerns over economy, drug addiction, and environmental threats, officials said.
- Former speaker Herminie of the United Seychelles party won the Seychelles presidential election, pledging to lower the cost of living, revive public services, and unite the island nation.
- The election focused on environmental damage and a crisis of drug addiction in the country long seen as a tourist haven.
- Seychelles is vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels, and has one of the world's highest rates of heroin addiction according to the U.N.
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African Union Commission Chairperson Congratulates Seychelles' President-Elect
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, congratulates H.E. President-elect Patrick Herminie on his electoral victory in the 2025 Presidential Elections in the Republic of Seychelles.
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NewsmaxOpposition Leader Patrick Herminie Wins Presidential Runoff Election in Seychelles
VICTORIA, Seychelles—Opposition leader Patrick Herminie won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in a runoff vote, according to official results released early Sunday. Herminie garnered 52.7 percent of the vote, with Ramkalawan taking 47.3 percent, the results showed. Herminie represents the United Seychelles party, which led the country for four decades before it lost power in 2020. It was the gov…
Former speaker Herminie wins Seychelles presidential election
Former Seychelles parliament speaker Patrick Herminie defeated President Wavel Ramkalawan in a run-off election, official results showed on Sunday, restoring full control of the archipelago nation's government to its longtime ruling party.
Former President Herminie won the presidential election in the Seychelles.
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