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Opposition leader Patrick Herminie defeated President Wavel Ramkalawan in Seychelles’ presidential runoff, capturing 52.7% of the vote.

Herminie’s United Seychelles party returns to power after ruling the Indian Ocean island nation for four decades until 2020.

The campaign focused on environmental damage and drug addiction in a country vulnerable to climate change and heroin trafficking.

VICTORIA, Seychelles — Opposition leader Patrick Herminie won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating President Wavel Ramkalawan in a runoff vote, according to official results released early Sunday.

Herminie garnered 52.7% of the vote, with Ramkalawan taking 47.3%, the results showe

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