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Partial Senate elections were held in Haiti on 18 January 1993 to elect one-third of the 27-member Senate. [1] The elections were held alongside by-elections for one seat in the Senate and three in the Chamber of Deputies. [2]
Held under the rule of Raoul Cédras (who had overthrown the democratically elected government in a 1991 coup) and overseen by Marc Bazin, [3] the elections were declared illegitimate by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States. [1] The members elected were supportive of the coup. [3]
On 2 March, police and soldiers entered Parliament to try to remove 13 parliamentarians elected in 1990 in order to ensure the newly elected members could take their place. [3] The presence of the members elected in the 1993 elections was an additional obstacle in the negotiations to return to civilian rule; [4] however, it was agreed that they would not take their seats. [5]