Democracy in Seychelles

Democracy Ratings

Freedom House 2014	Score: 3 out of 7 ^{(where lower scores are more democratic)}	Freedom Status: Partly Free
EIU Democracy Index 2014	Score: No data ^{(where higher scores are more democratic)}	World Ranking: No data
Polity IV 2014	Score: No Data (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic)	Category: No Data

Freedom House 2014

Score:

3 out of 7

^{(where lower scores are more democratic)}

Freedom Status:

Partly Free

EIU Democracy Index 2014

Score:

No data

^{(where higher scores are more democratic)}

World Ranking:

No data

Polity IV 2014

Score:

No Data

(from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic)

Category:

No Data

System of Government	Presidential
Presidential Electoral System	Two-round system
Last Presidential Election	2015
Next Presidential Election	2020
Presidential Term Limits	Three, five-year terms
System of Appointment to Legislature	25 in single-member constituencies through first past the post system 9 nationally through proportional representation
Last Legislative Election	2016
Next Legislative Election	2021
Number of Seats in Legislature	34
Female quota, representation in lower house	No

Last legislative election (2016)
Party	Votes (%)	Seats
Linyon Demokratik Seselwa	49.59	19
People’s Party	49.22	14
Seychelles Patriotic Movement	0.98	0
Independents	0.21	0