| 词条 | 1998 Seychellois general election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in the Seychelles between 20 and 22 March 1998. Incumbent President France-Albert René and his Seychelles People's Progressive Front won both elections with over 60% of the vote,[1] defeating a divided opposition. CampaignOn the 4 February 1998 it was announced that the presidential and parliamentary elections would be held at the same time in March.[2] President René and his ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front were expected to easily win the elections.[3] René enjoyed strong support for introducing a social welfare system and benefited from the inability of the opposition to unite against him.[2] He was challenged by the former President James Mancham of the Seychelles Democratic Party, who he had deposed in a coup in 1977, and also by Wavel Ramkalawan of the new United Opposition party.[4] The election saw a joint team of international election monitors from the Commonwealth of Nations and Francophonie observe the election, the first time they had sent a combined team to observe an election.[5][6] The team was led by Sir John Compton, former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia.[6] The monitors said the election was mainly free and fair, and complemented it on being well organised.[7] However, there were some complaints about vote buying by government officials.[7] Election resultsPresidential resultsPresident René won the presidential election with two-thirds of the vote, while former President Mancham was beaten into third place by Wavel Ramkalawan.[8]
Parliamentary resultsThe parliamentary results saw the governing Seychelles People's Progressive Front win 24 of the 25 directly elected seats and a further 6 of the 9 seats that were elected proportionally.[7] The opposition Democratic Party was reduced to only one seat, while the new United Opposition won three seats.[7]
References1. ^Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp785-786 {{ISBN|0-19-829645-2}} {{Seychellois elections}}2. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2279_98.htm | title = The Seychelles: parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1998 | accessdate = 2009-07-18 | publisher = Inter-Parliamentary Union}} 3. ^{{cite news | title = International: Serpent in the garden | publisher = The Economist | page = 52 | date = 1998-03-14 }} 4. ^{{cite news | title = News in brief: Seychelles sticks to Rene | publisher = The Guardian | page = 11 | date = 1998-03-24 }} 5. ^{{cite news | first = Rupert | last = Cornwell | title = Co-operation in Africa | publisher = The Independent | page = 13 | date = 1998-03-12 }} 6. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/64547.stm | title = Joint inspection team for Seychelles | accessdate = 2009-07-18 | date = 1998-03-11 | publisher = BBC News Online}} 7. ^1 2 3 {{cite web| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8JYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3358,2641201&dq=seychelles | title = Rene wins Seychelles presidential elections | accessdate = 2009-07-18 | date = 1998-03-24 | publisher = Manila Standard}} 8. ^{{cite web| url = http://africanelections.tripod.com/sc.html | title = Elections in the Seychelles | accessdate = 2009-07-18 | publisher = African Elections Database}} 4 : Elections in Seychelles|1998 elections in Africa|1998 in Seychelles|Presidential elections in Seychelles |
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