Seychelles runoff vote could reshape Island nation’s course

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Seychelles runoff vote could reshape Island nation’s course  Seychellois voters went to the polls Saturday in a closely watched presidential runoff between incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan and challenger Patrick Herminie. The two face off after neither won an outright majority in the first round two weeks earlier.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/10/11/seychelles-runoff-vote-could-reshape-island-nations-course  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Voters in the seashells cast their ballots in a presidential runoff between incumbent

00:05Wawel Ramkalawan and opposition challenger Patrick Hamini. Neither candidate secured

00:10a majority in the first round two weeks ago. Hamini led with 48.8% and Ramkalawan followed

00:16with 46.4%.

00:17I believe these elections are important because the last round we had a lot of people didn't

00:22come to vote. So the results were kind of skewed probably. So we'll see this time around

00:27how it goes. It's a race that could reshape what's next for the island nation.

00:33The second round is extremely important because that will determine literally the future of

00:37the country for the next five years. I think the first round was pretty close. There's

00:43been a recalibration of the National Assembly, which I think makes the presidential election

00:48even more vital, even more important than it was if it had been resolved first time around.

00:55Hamini is eyeing a return to power while incumbent Ramkalawan faces growing backlash.

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