1970 Seychellois parliamentary election

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November 1970

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All 15 seats in the Legislative Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	James Mancham	France-Albert René
Party	Democratic	People's United
Last election	4	3
Seats won	10	5
Seat change	6	2
Popular vote	18,972	15,834
Percentage	52.82%	44.08%
Swing	3.88pp	4.09pp

Winning party by district

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Seychelles in November 1970. The result was a victory for the Seychelles Democratic Party, which won 10 of the 15 seats.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Seychelles Democratic Party	18,972	52.82	10	+6
	Seychelles People's United Party	15,834	44.08	5	+2
	Liberal Party	1,082	3.01	0	New
	Seychellois Christian Labour Party	29	0.08	0	New
Total		35,917	100.00	15	+7

Source: Sternberger et al.

References

Elections in the Seychelles African Elections Database
Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1879

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