VICTORIA, Seychelles — Eleven nominations were submitted to the Electoral Commission of Seychelles (ECS) yesterday, on the second Nomination Day for the 2025 National Assembly elections. Between 9am and just after 1pm, the ECS headquarters at Mont Fleuri was busy as Electoral Officers verified submissions from seven political parties and four independent candidates. The schedule for the day, in the same order as the security deposit process held on Thursday August 14, was Mouvman Lavwa Seselwa (MLS) at 9am, Seychelles United Movement (SUM) at 9.20am, United Seychelles (US) at 9.40am, independent candidate Kenneth Pierre at 10am, independent candidate Flory Larue at 10.20am, Lalyans Nouvo Sesel (LNS) at 10.40am, Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) at 11am, independent candidate Cerlden Padayachy at 11.20am, independent candidate Yvon Esther at 11.40am, Laliberté (IBT) at noon, and the Seychelles People’s National Movement (SPNM) at 12.20pm.
The candidates, accompanied by senior party representatives, presented their nomination papers in person at the ECS headquarters. MLS Secretary General Edwards Anacoura said the party had made full use of the ECS help desk, which he described as very useful, adding that their candidates did not have to take too long inside and that the same had applied for the presidential nomination the day before. Independent candidate Florry Larue was the second independent to submit, after Pierre. She said her slot was 10.20am and that she arrived at the venue by 10am, but was only seen at around 11am, although officers had taken the time to go through all of her documents.
The final independent candidate to submit was Yvon Esther, who is hoping to secure a seat for Grand Anse Praslin. He said that once he reached the Electoral Officer’s desk, the process of submitting his nomination went smoothly, and that he did not know the outcome but was confident that he had presented much more than the limit of required signatures. The order of appearance of candidates on the ballot paper was determined through an official draw held at the close of nomination day, with the validated list comprising 121 candidates from seven political parties and four independents, totalling 125 candidates, ahead of the National Assembly elections scheduled for September 25, 26 and 27.
