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Among the eight candidates, Patrick Herminie of the United Seychelles, the country&#8217;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.<br \/>According to the electoral commission, the runoff will take place from Oct. 9 to 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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