Seychelles presidential election heads to runoff as no candidate wins majority

The Electoral Commission of Seychelles announced Sunday that the country will proceed to a runoff presidential election, as no candidate secured more than half of the votes in the first round.
The results of the first round of the Seychelles presidential election were released Sunday. Among the eight candidates, Patrick Herminie of the United Seychelles, the country’s main opposition party, received 48.8 percent of the votes, while incumbent President Wavel Ramkalawan of the Seychellois Democratic Union garnered 46.4 percent.
According to the electoral commission, the runoff will take place from Oct. 9 to 11.