As contained in Article 3 of the revised SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections (2021), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) shall observe all General Elections held in its Member States. Therefore, SADC is deploying Electoral Observation Mission to observe the 2025 Presidential and National Assembly Elections in the Republic of Seychelles.
In line with their five-year electoral cycle, the Republic of Seychelles will hold Presidential and National Assembly Elections from 25th - 27th September 2025. H.E. Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, and Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, has assigned the SADC Secretariat to coordinate the deployment of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission for a Short-Term Observer mission within the country in line with Article 3 of the revised SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections (2021), which provides that SADC shall observe all general elections held in its Member States.
