List of political parties in Seychelles

This article lists political parties in Seychelles. Seychelles has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties (SPPF and SNP), with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

The parties

Parliamentary parties

Party					Abbr.	Position	Ideology	MPs
		Seychellois Democratic Alliance Seselwa: Linyon Demokratik Seselwa French: Union démocratique seychelloise		Seychelles National Party	SNP	Centre	Liberalism	25 / 35
				Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy	SPSJD
		United Seychelles Seselwa: Parti Lepep (former) French: Seychelles unies			US	Centre-left to left-wing	Democratic socialism Social democracy	10 / 35

Other parties

Name	Native name	Ideology	Notes
Seychelles United Movement	Movman Linite Seselwa	Democratic socialism	Reform, Unity, Prosperity
Seychelles Democratic Party	?	Conservatism	Originally supported British rule.

Former parties

Former parties

Name	Native name	Ideology	Notes
Seychelles Movement for Democracy	?	Democracy	Active during the 90s.
Seychelles United Party (SUP) (formerly the New Democratic Party)[1]	?	?	?
Independent Conservative Union of Seychelles (ICUS)[1]	?	?	?
Seychellois Alliance	Lalyans Seselwa	?	Was part of Linyon Demokratik Seselwa until 2018.

The election of the National Assembly was held on the 22–24 October 2020. The Seychelles National Party, the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy and the Seychelles United Party formed a coalition, Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS). The coalition won the majority of the seats.^[2]

See also

• Politics of Seychelles
• List of political parties by country

References

1. "Seychelles - Political structure". The Ecconomist Intelligence Unit. The Economist Group. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
2. "EISA Seychelles: 2020 National Assembly election results overview".