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Haiti
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ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Republic of Haiti |
Presidential |
November 26, 2000 |
At stake
in this election:
- Office of president
of the Republic of Haiti
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Description
of government structure:
- Chief of State:
President Rene Garcia PREVAL
- Head of Government:
Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard ALEXIS
- Assemblies: Haiti's
bicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) consists of
a 27-member Senate and a 83-member Chamber of Deputies.
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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 being 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 election for president:
- Presidential
Candidate: Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE
Party: Lavalas Family Party (FL)
Valid Votes Received: 2,632,534
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 91.81%
- Presidential
Candidate: Arnold DUMAS
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 56,678
Percentage of Valid Votes: 2.04%
- Presidential
Candidate: Evan NICOLAS
Party: Union for National Reconstruction (UNR)
Valid Votes Received: 45,441
Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.55%
- Presidential
Candidate: Serge SYLVAIN
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 37,371
Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.30%
- Presidential
Candidate: Calixte DORISCA
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 36,233
Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.26%
- Presidential
Candidate: Jacques Philippe DORCE
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 32,245
Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.12%
- Presidential
Candidate: Paul Arthur FLEURIVAL
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 31,100
Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.08%
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When was
the last presidential election?
- Presidential elections
last held: December 17, 1995
- Rene Garcia PREVAL
was elected President with 88% of the vote; his closest competitor,
Leon JEUNE, received 2.5% of the vote.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 6,867,995
(July 2000)
- Number of registered voters: 3,668,049 (1995)
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Of Interest:
- In addition to
the presidential election, Haiti also held elections for nine of twenty-seven
senate seats.
- The main opposition
group, The Democratic Convergence, boycotted the vote in protest of
alleged irregularities in parliamentary and municipal elections in May.
The Lavalas Family Party, to which Mr. Aristide belongs, won eighty
percent of the available seats in the legislative elections.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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