Overview

• Official results announced early Sunday show Herminie defeating incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan 52.7% to 47.3% in the presidential run-off.
• United Seychelles now controls both the presidency and parliament after reclaiming a legislative majority in the first round last month.
• Ramkalawan attended the electoral commission’s announcement and publicly congratulated Herminie, who becomes the nation’s sixth president.
• Herminie campaigned on scrapping the Assomption Island resort project near UNESCO-listed Aldabra, lowering the retirement age to 63, implementing truth and reconciliation recommendations, and confronting heroin addiction.
• India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Herminie, signaling continued engagement with a country that balances ties with India, Gulf states and China.