1992 Seychellois constitutional commission election

An election for a constitutional commission was held in the Seychelles between 23 and 26 July 1992. They were the first multi-party elections since the 1977 coup had installed the Seychelles People's Progressive Front as the sole legal party. The commission was elected by proportional representation, with a threshold of 5% to win one of the 22 seats.[1]

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The SPPF emerged as the largest party with 14 of the representatives, whilst the remaining eight went to the Seychelles Democratic Party. Voter turnout was 85.3%.[2]

Results
Party Votes % Seats
Seychelles People's Progressive Front24,53858.414
Seychelles Democratic Party14,15033.78
Seselwa Party1,8294.40
National Alliance Party6721.60
Seychelles Movement for Democracy3220.80
Seychelles National Party2590.60
Seychelles Liberal Party2010.50
Seychelles Christian Democrats540.10
Invalid/blank votes623--
Total 42,645 100 22
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. Seychelles: 1992 Constitutional Commission election results Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA
  2. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p784 ISBN 0-19-829645-2


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