General Information
Note: The results above reflect the completed two-rounds of voting, rather than the individual rounds.
At stake in this election:
- 99 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Boniface ALEXANDRE *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Gerald LATORTUE **
- Assembly: Haiti has a bicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) consisting of the Senate with 30 seats and the Chamber of Deputies with 99 seats.
* Boniface ALEXANDRE became president on 29 February 2004, when Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE resigned as president.
** Prime Minister LATORTUE is an Interim PM.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
- In the Senate 30 members are elected by popular vote to serve 6-year terms*. In the Chamber of Deputies 99 members are elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms.
* One-third of the Senate is elected every two years.
Main parties in the Second Round of the electoral race:
- Party: Fanmi Lavalas / (FL)
- Leader: Rudy HERIVEAUX
- Seats won in last Senate election: 26
- Seats won in last Chamber of Deputies election: 73
- Party: New Christian Movement for a New Haiti / (MOCHRENA)
- Leader: Luc MESADIEU
- Seats won in last Senate election: 0
- Seats won in last Chamber of Deputies election: 3
- Party: Open the Gate Party / Parti Louvri Bayre (PLB)
- Leader: Anès LUBIN
- Seats won in last Senate election: 0
- Seats won in last Chamber of Deputies election: 3
- Party: Liberal Party of Haiti / Parti Libéral Haïtien (PLH)
- Leader: Gehy MICHEL
- Seats won in last Senate election: N/A
- Seats won in last Chamber of Deputies election: N/A
Last Elections:
- Elections for the Chamber of Deputies were last held on 21 May 2000.
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 9,409,479 (2006)
- Registered Voters: 3,533,430 (2006)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 4,759,777 (2006)
· Is Haiti a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
· Has Haiti ratified CEDAW: Yes (20 July 1981)
· Gender Quota: Yes
· Female candidates in this election: Yes
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 4 (Chamber of Deputies); 4 (Senate) following 2006 elections
· Human Development Index Position: 163 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)
Disability Data:
· Is Haiti a signatory to CRPD: No
· Has Haiti ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (23 July 2009)
· Population with a disability: 1,411,421 (est.)