2015–16 Haitian parliamentary election

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2015–2016 Haitian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Haiti on 9 August 2015, with a second round initially planned for 25 October. [1] [2] Two-thirds of the Senate and all members of the Chamber of Deputies were up for election. International observers reported that 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. [3] This has resulted in the nullification of some results and rescheduling of re-runs. The second round of the parliamentary elections that had been scheduled for October 2015 was postponed to October 2016, along with the first round for a third of the Senate and the first round of a new presidential election. [4]

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The United States withdrew funding for the October 2016 round, though it financially supported previous rounds and observers from the Organization of American States. [5] The second round was scheduled for 9 October 2016 but was postponed to 20 November due to Hurricane Matthew. It was held together with local elections and the first round of the presidential election. [1] [2]

Electoral system

Members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system; a second round being held if no candidate in a constituency wins a majority of the vote in the first round. [6] In March 2015 an electoral decree increased the number of members in the new Chamber of Deputies from 99 to 118, with the Senate retaining 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 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 Senate elections, which had been scheduled for May 2012, were not held, meaning two-thirds of the seats were up for elections in 2015. [10]

The Haitian election calendar was as follows:

DateElection
9 August 2015First round of parliamentary election (cancelled in 22 constituencies)
First round of Senate two-thirds election
25 October 2015Second 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-thirds 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. A total of 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 addition 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:

PartyCandidates
SenatorsDeputiesTotal
Plateforme Vérité (Vérité)15100115
Haitian Tèt Kale Party (Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale)1199110
Fanmi Lavalas 168399
Platfom Pitit Desalin 148599
Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats 118596
Renmen Ayiti 157994
Struggling People's Organization 108393
Convention for Democratic Unity 127385
Pont 35255
Patriotic Unity (Inite Patriyotik)83947
Respect (Respé)63642
Haiti in Action 43640
PPG18 23133
Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition (MOPOD)52328
Peasant Platform Platfòm Peyizan22325
Christian Movement for a New Haiti 31922
Other parties96677774
Total2331,6231,857
Sources:

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 overthrow 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]

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.

Chamber of Deputies

Haitian Chamber of Deputies election, 2015.svg
PartySeats
First
round		Second
round
(2015)		Second
round
(2016)		Total
Haitian Tèt Kale Party 422531
Plateforme Vérité 112417
Struggling People's Organization 0729
Konvansyon Inite Demokratik 0718
Fanmi Lavalas 0628
Haiti in Action 2406
Reseau National Bouclier 0325
Patriotic Unity 1304
Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats 0314
Renmen Ayiti 0213
Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation 0303
Tet Kole sous Chimen Devlopman pou un Nord'Ouest uni et Renonve 0202
Consortium des Partis Politiques 0202
Platfòm Pitit Desalin 0112
Ansanm Patriyot pou Lavni Ayiti 0022
Pont 0101
Parti pour la Libération des Masses et d'Intégration Sociale 0101
Konbit Travaye Peyizan pou Libere Ayiti 0101
Mouvement National Haïtien 0101
Konsyans Patriotik 0101
Federalist Party 0101
Socialist Action Movement 0101
Konbit Nasyonal 0011
Platfòm Leve Kanpe 0011
CANAAN 0011
Vacant–––3
Total88424119
Source: Haiti Libre, Haiti Libre, Haiti Libre, Haiti Libre

Senate

PartySeats
First
round		Second
round
(2015)		Second
round
(2016)		Total
Haitian Tèt Kale Party 0235
Plateforme Vérité 0303
Konvansyon Inite Demokratik 0303
Struggling People's Organization 0101
Fanmi Lavalas 0101
Haiti in Action 1001
Reseau National Bouclier 0011
Patriotic Unity 0011
Consortium des Partis Politiques 0011
Pont 0101
Platfòm Pitit Desalin 0101
Ligue Dessalinienne 1001
Total212620
Source: Haiti Libre, Haiti Libre, Haiti Libre, Haiti Libre

List of elected senators

NamePartyDepartment
Antonio Chéramy VÉRITÉ Ouest
Carl Murat Cantave KID Artibonite
Denis Cadeau BOUCLIER Nippes
Dieudonné Luma Étienne PHTK Nord
Dieupie Chérubin KID Sud-Est
Evallière Beauplan PONT Nord-Ouest
Francenet Denis VÉRITÉ Nippes
Garcia Delva AAA Artibonite
Guy Philippe CONSORTIUM Grand'Anse
Jacques Sauveur Jean PHTK Nord-Est
Jean-Marie Junior Salomon OPL Sud
Jean Marie Ralph Féthière PHTK Nord
Jean Renel Sénatus LIDE Ouest
Jean Rigaud Bélizaire CONSORTIUM Grand'Anse
Joseph Lambert KONA Sud-Est
Kedlaire Augustin PHTK Nord-Ouest
Nawoon Marcellus BOUCLIER Nord
Nenel Cassy FL Nippes
Onondieu Louis KID Nord-Ouest
Pierre François Sildor PHTK Sud
Pierre Paul Patrice Dumont RPH Ouest
Ricardo Pierre PITIT DESALIN Sud-Est
Richard Lénine Hervé Fourcand PHTK Sud
Ronald Larèche VÉRITÉ Nord-Est
Rony Célestin PHTK Centre
Sorel Jacinthe INITE Grand'Anse
Wanique Pierre PHTK Nord-Est
Wilfrid Gélin PHTK Centre
Willot Joseph PHTK Centre
Youri Laturtue AAA Artibonite
Source: CEP

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