2015–16 Haitian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Haiti on 9 August 2015, with a second round planned initially on 25 October.[1][2] Two-thirds of the Senate and all members of the Chamber of Deputies were up for election.
The second round of the parliamentary elections that has been suspended in 2015 should take place in October 2016, alongside with the first round for a third of the Senate and the first round of the whole new presidential election.[3]
According to international observers, early rounds of voting have experienced significant fraud, including people voting more than once due to failure of indelible ink, vote buying due to lack of secrecy, poor training of election workers, poor tracking of political parties, and other problems.[4] This has resulted in the nullification of some results and scheduling of re-runs. The United States has withdrawn funding for the October 2016 round, though it financially supported previous rounds and observation by the Organization of American States.[5]
Electoral system
The 99 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system; a second round will be held if no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the first round.[6] The second round will be held together with local elections and the first round of the presidential election.[1][2] In March 2015 a new electoral decree stated that the new Chamber of Deputies have 118 members, and the Senate will retain the 30 members.[7] On 13 March, President Martelly issued a decree that split the Cerca La Source in two constituencies, and therefore increasing the number of deputies up to 119.[8]
One-third of the 30-member Senate is elected every two years, also using the two-round system.[9] However, the previous scheduled Senate elections in May 2012 were not held, meaning two-thirds of the seats are due for elections in 2015.[10]
The Haitian election calendar were made as follows:
| Date | Election |
|---|---|
| 9 August 2015 | First round of parliamentary election (cancelled in 22 constituencies) First round of Senate two-third election |
| 25 October 2015 | Second round of parliamentary election (constituencies that hadn't cancelled the 9 August election) First round of parliamentary election (22 constituencies that cancelled the 9 August election) Second round of Senate two-third election |
| 24 April 2016 (Cancelled)[11] | Second round of presidential election Second round of parliamentary election (22 constituencies that cancelled the 9 August election and 2 that will have to repeat the October second round) First round of Senate one-third election[12][13] |
| 9 October 2016 (postponed due to Hurricane Matthew)[14] | |
| 20 November 2016[15] |
Campaign
A total of 2,037 candidates registered to contest the elections, representing 98 different political parties. However, 522 candidates were disqualified in a first instance, leaving 186 candidates for the Senate and 1,329 for the Chamber of Deputies. The Provisional Electoral Council updated the list of candidates on 26 June, with the inscription of 47 candidates for the Senate and 294 for the Chamber of Deputies that had been previously rejected, making a grand total of 233 candidates for senator and 1,624 for deputy.[16][17]
The number of candidates among the principal parties are shown here:
| Party | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senators | Deputies | Total | |
| Truth (Vérité) | 15 | 100 | 115 |
| Haitian Tèt Kale Party (Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale) | 11 | 99 | 110 |
| Fanmi Lavalas | 16 | 83 | 99 |
| Platfom Pitit Desalin | 14 | 85 | 99 |
| Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats | 11 | 85 | 96 |
| Renmen Ayiti | 15 | 79 | 94 |
| Struggling People's Organization | 10 | 83 | 93 |
| Convention for Democratic Unity | 12 | 73 | 85 |
| Pont | 3 | 52 | 55 |
| Patriotic Unity (Inite Patriyotik) | 8 | 39 | 47 |
| Respect (Respé) | 6 | 36 | 42 |
| Haiti in Action | 4 | 36 | 40 |
| PPG18 | 2 | 31 | 33 |
| Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition (MOPOD) | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| Peasant Platform Platfòm Peyizan | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Christian Movement for a New Haiti | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| Other parties | 96 | 677 | 774 |
| Total | 233 | 1,623 | 1,857 |
| Sources: [1] [2] [3] | |||
On September 8, 2015, candidates of the Verité party withdrew from the elections.[18]
Results
2015 results
According to the preliminary results given by the Electoral Committee, there were 1,046,516 valid votes for an electorate of 5,871,450, which represents a 17.82% turnout.[19] The elections were cancelled in 22 constituencies, and therefore there were no results for those districts.[20]
On September 28 the Electoral Committee released definitive results, and declared elected one senator from AAA (Haiti in Action) and one from LIDE (Ligue Dessalines). For the deputies' election, 8 deputies were elected: 4 candidates from PHTK (Haitian Tèt Kale Party), 2 from AAA (Haiti in Action), 1 from VERITE (Truth) and 1 from INITE PATRIYOTIK (Patriotic Unity).[21] The second round of the legislative election took place on October 25, along with the first round of the presidential election and the first round of the legislative election on the constituencies where the August election were cancelled. [22]
The results of October 25 second round for the Senate says that were elected 3 candidates from KID, 3 from Verité, 2 from PHTK, and Fanmi Lavalas, PONT, OPL and Pettit Dessalines each had one.[23] 82 deputies were elected in the second round.[24] Eight more had already won in the first round on 9 August. The second round at the districts where the election was repeated should take place on 27 December, but on 21 December the Electoral Committee announced that the elections were postponed indefinitely.[25]
2016 results
According to Reuters, one of the elected Senators, Guy Philippe, participated in the overthow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide and is wanted by the DEA for "conspiracy to import cocaine and launder monetary instruments". He campaigned with President-Elect Jovenel Moïse.[26]
Consolidated results
The total of deputies and senators elected until December 2016 is stated below. The table lists in separate columns the number of deputies elected in the second rounds made in 2015 and 2016, because some of the run-offs were delayed along with the presidential run-off.
List of elected senators
References
- ^ a b "Haiti first-round parliamentary elections held despite ′incidents′". Deutsche Welle. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Calendrier électoral" (in French). Provisional Electoral Council. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : Presidential Elections on October 9 - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "OAS will observe Haiti's elections but wants changes ahead of vote". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Will a Haiti election without U.S. dollars undermine the vote?". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Electoral system IPU
- ^ "Haiti - Elections : Electoral Decree adopted, 19 more Deputies... - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Union, Inter-Parliamentary. "IPU PARLINE database: HAITI (Chambre des Députés), Last elections". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Electoral system IPU
- ^ "Haiti sets date for long overdue elections". BBC. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
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- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : Elections of January 24 are canceled !". HaitiLibre. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : The elections of October 9 postponed". Haiti Libre. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ lefigaro.fr. "Haïti: nouvelles dates pour les élections". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ CEP Releases Final List of Candidates for Legislative Elections Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Watch, 19 May 2015
- ^ Haiti – FLASH : Final list of approved candidates Haiti Libre, 15 May 2015
- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : The platform VERITE withdraws from elections". Haiti-Libre. September 9, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ "Haiti - News : Electoral Zapping..." Haiti-Libre. August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : Complete results of the elections of August 9, 2015". HaitiLibre. August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : Final results of the 1st round of legislative elections of August 9, 2015". Haiti-Libre. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Haiti - Elections : Official Changes in the electoral timetable". Haiti-Libre. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : Results of the senatorial elections of October 25, 2015". Haiti-Libre. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : Deputation, election results of October 25, 2015". Haiti-Libre. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : Elections of December 27th postponed !". Haiti Libre. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ Reuters in Port-au-Prince (December 5, 2016). "Guy Philippe, former coup leader wanted by US, wins Haiti senate seat". The Guardian. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
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