Overview

• Official results show Herminie took 52.7% of the vote, defeating incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan after a tightly contested second round.
• United Seychelles now controls both the presidency and parliament, restoring the longtime ruling party to full governance.
• Herminie has vowed to cancel the Assomption Island luxury resort project approved under Ramkalawan, citing environmental concerns near UNESCO-listed Aldabra.
• Policy pledges include lowering the retirement age from 65 to 63 and implementing recommendations from the truth and reconciliation commission on past abuses.
• The new administration inherits a tourism-dependent economy with acute climate risks and one of the world’s highest rates of heroin addiction.