United Seychelles Party


The United Seychelles Party is a political party in Seychelles. It publishes a newspaper called The People. It was known as the Seychelles People's Progressive Front until June 2009. In November 2018, the party changed its name from Parti Lepep to United Seychelles.
The SPPF was founded in 1964 by France-Albert René, under the name Seychelles People's United Party, and it was led by him from its inception. The SPUP/SPPF has been the ruling party since 1977 and was the sole legal party in the country from 1979 to 1991. The SPPF is led by a Central Executive Committee.
Leading members of the party over the years have been René, James Michel, Guy Sinon, Jacques Hodoul, Joseph Belmont, and Maxime Ferrari.
During the era of one-party rule, the party was funded by dues paid by its members and from foreign governments including Tanzania, Algeria, Libya and East Germany.
The party maintains branches in each electoral district and utilizes an extensive system of patronage. At the parliamentary election in 2011, the party won 88.56% of the popular vote and all 31 seats in the National Assembly. That fell to 49.22% and 14 seats in the national assembly after the parliamentary election in 2016, leaving the party in parliamentary opposition for the first time.
Since 1993, candidates from Parti Lepep won all the presidential elections in the first round.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

National Assembly elections

Notable people