At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the Senate:
19
- Seats in the Chamber
of Deputies: 83
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Description
of government structure:
- Head of Government:
Prime Minister Jacques Edouard ALEXIS
- Haiti's bicameral
National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) is composed of a Senate
and a Chamber of Deputies.
- The Senate consists
of 27 members.
- The Chamber of
Deputies consists of 83 members.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president
is elected by absolute majority vote to a five-year term.
- All members of
the Senate are elected by absolute majority vote to six-year terms with
one third elected every two years.
- All members in
the Chamber of Deputies are elected by absolute majority vote to four-year
terms.
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Results of the
electoral races:
- Party: Lavalas
Family (OFL)
Leader: Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE
- Party: Espace
de Concertaction (EC)
Leader: Evans PAUL, C. ROUMAIN, Serge GILLES and Victor BENOIT
- Party: MOCHRENA
Leader: Luc MESADIEU
- Party: Organization
of People in Struggle (OPL)
Leader: Gerard PIERRE-CHARLES
- Party: Rassemblement
des Democrat Nationalist Progressiste (RDNP)
Leader: Leslie Francois MANIGAT
- Party: Open
the Gate Party (PLB)
Leader: Renaud BERNARANIN
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When was the last election? Number
of seats in last election?
- Parliamentary
elections last held: June 25, 1995, with reruns on August 13 and runoffs
on September 17
- On
April 6, 1997, there were Senate elections for 9 seats but the results
were disputed and runoffs were indefinitely postponed.
- Seats
decided in the last election to the Senate: 9
- Seats
decided in the last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 83
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 6,884,264
(July 1999)
- Number of registered voters: 4,000,000 (April, 2000 est.)
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Of Interest:
- Popular organized
protests broke out throughout Haiti in early February over a lack of
voter materials.
- The electoral calendar
in Haiti was restructured several times with parliamentary elections
originally expected in November 1998. The May 21, 2000 date was rescheduled
from March 19, 2000.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
