Chamber of Deputies (Haiti)

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The Chamber of Deputies (French: Chambre des Députés) is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly. The upper house of the National Assembly is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has ninety-nine members (previously eighty-three) who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. There are no term limits for Deputies; they may be re-elected indefinitely.

Candidates from Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party took seventy-three of the then eighty-three seats in the 2000 elections. Following the overthrow of the government in February 2004, an interim government was established. The terms of the Deputies expired during the rule of the interim government and the Chamber remained empty. It was re-established along with the Senate, and elections were scheduled for November 2005. After many delays and missed deadlines, elections were finally held on 21 April 2006. The Deputies commenced meeting in June 2006. The exact makeup of the Chamber remains unknown as the Provisional Electoral Committee (CEP) has not posted the results. The next Chamber elections are scheduled for 2010.

 Summary of the 28 November 2010 and 20 March 2011
Haitian Chamber of Deputies election results

Parties	Seats
Unity (INITE)	35
Alternative for Progress and Democracy (ALTENATIV)	11
Ansanm Nou Fò (ANSAMN NOU FO)	10
Haiti in Action (AAA)	8
Lavni Organisation (LAVNI)	7
Rally (RASAMBLE)	4
Konbit Pou refè Ayiti (KONBIT)	3
Christian Movement for a New Haiti (MOCHRENHA)	3
Liberation Platform (PLATFORME LIBERATION)	3
For Us All (PONT)	3
Peasant Response (REPONS PEYIZAN)	3
Socialist Action Movement (MAS)	2
Democratic Movement for the Liberation of Haiti–Revolutionary Party of Haiti (MODELH–PRDH)	1
Platform of Haitian Patriots (PLAPH)	1
Respect (RESPÈ)	1
Veye Yo (VEYE YO)	1
Independents	2
Source: Haiti-Reference

See also

• List of current members of the National Assembly of Haiti

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.

• "Haiti". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2006-11-17. 

• Schutt-Ainé, Patricia (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture. p. 166. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0.