The Seychelles presidential elections headed to a run off as no candidate received the requisite percentage of votes for a clear win. According to Hendricl Gappy, chairman of the Seychelles Electoral Commission, all six candidates in the first round failed to secure 50% of the vote.
The incumbent President James Michel, 71, won 47.76% of the 62,004 votes that were cast, while his closest challenger, Wavel Ramkalawan, a 54-year old Anglican priest, scored 33.93%.
The run-off resulted in Michel being re-elected amid much protest won with 50.15% of the vote, and was sworn in on December 20.
Ramkalawan won 49.85% of the ballots but rejected the results and wrote a letter to the Electoral Commission requesting a recount.