34. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for candidates?

Seychelles

Seychelles

Answer
Yes
Source

"(1) For the exercise of the right to broadcast under section 96(ii), the Electoral Commissioner shall, in consultation with the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation established by the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation Act (hereafter referred to as the "Corporation"), allocate free broadcasting time to each registered political party and each candidate.
(2) In allocating free broadcasting time under subsection (1), the Electoral Commissioner shall allocate -
(i) to each registered political party equal broadcasting time; and
(ii) to each candidate equal broad- casting time."

(Section 95, Elections Act, Cap 68A).

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