Indirect presidential elections were held in Haiti on 13 and 14 February 2016 following the annulment of the results of the 2015 elections by the Provisional Electoral Council,[1] and after Michel Martelly resigned the presidency and Prime Minister Evans Paul assumed office as acting president on 7 February 2016. The members of the National Assembly voted for the interim President on 13 February 2016 in the first round and on 14 February in the second round.
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Jocelerme Privert of Inite was elected interim President to serve until the conclusion of the 2016–17 elections. Under a multi-party agreement, Privert was supposed to oversee these elections and hand power to an elected successor within 120 days, by 14 June 2016, though electoral deadlines were missed.[1] Following allegations of fraud in the 2015 elections, Privert created a month-long verification commission to restore legitimacy to the electoral process. In May 2016, the commission audited about 13,000 ballots and determined that the elections had been dishonest and recommended a complete rerun of the election.[2][3] The rerun election took place on 20 November 2016. The second round had been scheduled for 29 January 2017, but did not take place as Jovenel Moïse was a clear winner in the first round. In the end, Privert continued in office as interim President until 7 February 2017.
Results
edit| Candidate | First round | Second round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate votes |
Chamber votes |
Total votes |
Senate votes |
Chamber votes |
Total votes | |
| Jocelerme Privert | 13 | 45 | 58 | 13 | 64 | 77 |
| Edgard Leblanc Fils | 10 | 46 | 56 | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| Déjean Bélizaire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 23 | 92 | 115 | 22 | 92 | 114 |
| Source: Haiti Libre | ||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Haiti scraps election; interim president says could stay for months Reuters (via Business Insider), 6 June 2016. Archived 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Haiti panel calls for re-run of presidential elections". miamiherald. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ The Associated Press (30 May 2016). "Haiti Panel Recommends Throwing Out Results of Disputed Vote". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
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