Haitian parliamentary election, 2015
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Parliamentary elections were held in Haiti on 9 August 2015, with a second round planned on 25 October.[1][2] Two-thirds of the Senate and all members of the Chamber of Deputies were up for election.
Electoral system[edit]
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.[3] 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 will comprise of 118 members, and the Senate will retain the 30 members.[4]
One-third of the 30-member Senate is elected every two years, also using the two-round system.[5] However, the previous scheduled Senate elections in May 2012 were not held, meaning two-thirds of the seats are due for elections in 2015.[6]
Campaign[edit]
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.[7][8]
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 |
| Platfòm Pitit Dessalines | 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 | 678 | 774 |
| Total | 233 | 1,624 | 1,857 |
| Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] | |||
On September 8, 2015, candidates of the Verité party withdrew from the elections.[9]
Results[edit]
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.[10] The elections were cancelled in 22 constituencies, and therefore there are no results for those districts.[11]
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).[12] The second round of the legislative election will take place on October 25th, 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.[13]
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 one from Fanmi Lavalas, PONT, OPL and Pettit Dessalines each one.[14] In the deputies' election, 85 candidates were elected on the second round:[15]
| Party | Deputies elected |
|---|---|
| Haitian Tèt Kale Party | 22 |
| Verité | 14 |
| KID | 9 |
| Struggling People's Organization | 7 |
| Fanmi Lavalas | 5 |
| LAPEH | 4 |
| BOUCLIER | 4 |
| Haiti in Action | 3 |
| Patriotic Unity | 3 |
| Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats | 3 |
| Renmen Ayiti | 2 |
| MOSANO | 2 |
| PALMIS | 1 |
| PITIT DESSALINES | 1 |
| CONSORTIUM | 1 |
| MAS | 1 |
| KONTRAPEPLA | 1 |
| KP | 1 |
| MONHA | 1 |
These elected deputies should be added to the eight elected on the first round on 9 August. The second round at the districts where the election was repeated should take place on 27 December.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Electoral system IPU
- ^ Haiti – Elections : Electoral Decree adopted, 19 more Deputies...
- ^ Electoral system IPU
- ^ "Haiti sets date for long overdue elections". BBC. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ 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.
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