VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — With no outright winner in Seychelles’ presidential election, the country will hold a rerun vote between the two main contenders, the electoral authority said Sunday.

Opposition figure Patrick Herminie received 48.8% of the vote, while the incumbent, Wavel Ramkalawan, garnered 46.4% of the vote, according to official results. A candidate needs to win more than 50% of the vote to be declared the winner.

Ramkalawan seeks a second term as the leader of Africa’s smallest country.

Early voting began on Thursday, but most people voted on Saturday.

The 115-island archipelago of 120,000 people in the Indian Ocean has become synonymous with luxury and environmental travel, which has bumped Seychelles to the top of the list of Africa’s richest countries by gross domes

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