Elections in Haiti

Elections in Haiti gives information on election and election results in Haiti.

The current president is René Préval, who received 51 percent of the votes in the 2005 elections. On April 4, 2011, Michel Joseph Martelly won the Haitian Presidential elections, according to preliminary results,[1] and is due to be sworn in as the next President of Haiti, if his election is validated by the official results on April 16.

The first elections since the 2004 Haiti rebellion that deposed Jean-Bertrand Aristide were held in February 2006.

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e • d Summary of the 7 February 2006 Haiti presidential election results
Candidates - parties Votes %
René Préval - Front for Hope (Fwon Lespwa/Front de l'Espoir) 992,766 51.21
Leslie Manigat - Rally of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrats Nationaux Progressistes) 240,306 12.40
Charles Henri Baker - Respect (Respè) 159,683 8.24
Jean Chavannes Jeune - Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (Union Nationale Chrétienne pour la Reconstruction d’Haïti) 108,283 5.59
Luc Mesadieu - Christian Movement for a New Haiti (Mouvement Chrétien pour Batir une Nouvelle Haïti) 64,850 3.35
Serge Gilles - Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (Fusion des Sociaux-Démocrates Haïtienne) 50,796 2.62
Paul Denis - Struggling People's Organization (Oganizasyon Pèp Kap Lité) 50,751 2.62
Evans Paul - Democratic Alliance Party (Alyans/Alliance Démocratique) 48,232 2.49
Guy Philippe - National Reconstruction Front (FRN) 37,303 1.92
Luc Fleurinord - Independent Movement for National Reconciliation (Mouvement Indépendant pour la Réconcilation Nationale) 36,912 1.90
Hubert Deronceray - RDNP (.) 18,459 0.95
Marc Bazin - Union/Lavalas (.) 13,136 0.68
Rigaud Duplan - [[.]] (.) 9,791 0.51
Rene Julien - [[.]] (.) 8,608 0.44
Dany Toussaint - [[.]] (.) 7,905 0.41
Marie Roy - [[.]] (.) 7,889 0.41
Jean-Henold Buteau - [[.]] (.) 6,543 0.34
François Romain - [[.]] (.) 6,524 0.34
Frantz Perpignan - [[.]] (.) 6,296 0.32
Gerard Gourge - [[.]] (.) 5,852 0.30
Edouard Francisque - [[.]] (.) 5,518 0.28
Jean-Marie Cherestal - [[.]] (.) 5,490 0.28
scattered among other 13 candidates 2.41
blank 4.36
invalid 7.42
Partial results reflecting 95.78% of vote tallies counted
Source: Haiti's Provisional Electoral Committee, data as of 7:43 a.m. on 20 February 2006. The CEP's figures now reflect the announced decision not to count blank votes against candidates' percentages.

Past elections and referendums

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