Seychelles Democratic Party

The Seychelles Democratic Party is a political party in Seychelles. It was founded by the late Sir James Mancham in 1964, and governed the country from 1976 to 1977.

Seychelles Democratic Party
Founded	1964
Ideology	Conservatism British unionism (Until independence)
Politics of Seychelles Political parties Elections

History

After a time in exile in the United Kingdom, Mancham returned to the islands following the Seychelles' transition to democracy in 1993. He had led the SDP from the time of its founding. At the last elections of 6 December 2002 the party won 3.1% of the vote and failed to gain representation in the National Assembly. In February 2005 Mancham stepped down with Nichol Gabriel assuming the leadership of the party. In March 2006 Paul Chow was elected as party leader in a vote held by the executives of the party.[1]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
		First round		Second round
1993	James Mancham	15,815	36.7%	-	-	Lost N
1998		6,427	13.8%	-	-	Lost N
2006	Supported Wavel Ramkalawan	25,626	45.71%	-	-	Lost N

National Assembly elections

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1967	8,760	48.2%	4 / 8	4	1st
1970	18,972	52.8%	10 / 15	6	1st
1974	21,902	52.37%	13 / 15	3	1st
One-party state rule from 1978 to 1991
1992	14,150	33.7%	8 / 22	8	2nd
1993	14,062	32.3%	5 / 33	3	2nd
1998	5,609	12.1%	1 / 34	4	3rd
2002	1,605	3.10%	0 / 34	1	3rd
2007	23,869	43.43% in alliance with SNP	11 / 34	11	2nd
2011	Boycotted		0 / 31	11

References

1. Events of SDP Archived 2006-08-16 at the Wayback Machine