Oct 12 (Reuters) – Former Seychelles parliament speaker Patrick Herminie defeated President Wavel Ramkalawan in a run-off election, official results showed on Sunday, restoring full control of the archipelago nation's government to its longtime ruling party. Herminie's win with 52.7% of the vote follows his United Seychelles party's triumph in the first round of the general election last month, when it reclaimed the majority in parliament that it lost in 2015. Seychelles is Africa's wealthiest country per capita, located across 1.2 million square kilometres (463,000 square miles) in the western Indian Ocean and a prime tourist destination as well as a target for investment from, and security cooperation with, China, Gulf nations and India. Ramkalawan, a former Anglican priest, was elected

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