1995 Haitian general election
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General elections were held in Haiti in 1995 for the presidency and for seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The presidential election, held on 17 December, resulted in a victory for René Préval of Fanmi Lavalas.[1] The parliamentary elections, held on 25 June, 13 August and 17 September, were also won by Lavalas. Voter turnout was just 31.09% for the parliamentary elections and 27.8% for the presidential elections.[2][3][4]
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17 December 1995
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| Turnout | 27.80% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 31.09% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 31.09% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Préval was inaugurated as president of Haiti on 7 February 1996, which was the first peaceful transition of power from one elected Haitian president to another.[5][6]
Background
The 25 June 1995 parliamentary elections were the first to be held in Haiti since the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide during Operation Uphold Democracy in 1994. In the parliamentary elections, around 11,000 candidates ran for 700 seats, including in the National Assembly and local and municipal councils.[7] In total, 2,200 political offices were contested during the general election, and 3.4 million of the four million eligible voters in Haiti were registered.[8] There relatively few violent incidents during the campaign compared to past elections in Haiti, leading to free and fair elections, according to the OAS observer mission.[9]
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| René Préval | Fanmi Lavalas | 818,014 | ||
| Léon Jeune | Independent | 23,188 | ||
| Victor Benoit | National Congress of Democratic Forces | 21,513 | ||
| Rene Julien | 12,960 | |||
| Jean Jacques Clark Parent | Haitian Democratic Party | 12,842 | ||
| Edy Volel | Christian Democratic Rally | |||
| Richard Vladimir Jeanty | Paradise Party | |||
| Francis Jean | Revolutionary Military Force | |||
| Jean Arnold Dumas | National Party of Workers' Defence | |||
| Julio Larosiliere | ||||
| Dieuveuil Joseph | Haitian Social Democratic Party | |||
| Gerard Dalvius | Alternative Party for the Development of Haiti | |||
| Rockefeller Guerre | Union of Democratic Patriots | |||
| Firmin Jean-Louis | ||||
| Total | ||||
| Total votes | 994,599 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,578,155 | 27.80 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Chamber of Deputies
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fanmi Lavalas | 67 | New | |||
| National Front for Change and Democracy | 2 | –25 | |||
| Faction of the National Reconstruction Movement | 1 | New | |||
| National Congress of Democratic Forces | 1 | New | |||
| National Progressive Revolutionary Party | 1 | New | |||
| Power Association of Popular Organisations | 1 | New | |||
| Christian Democratic Rally | 1 | New | |||
| National Cobite Movement | 1 | –4 | |||
| Other parties | 3 | – | |||
| Independents | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 83 | +2 | |||
| Total votes | 1,140,523 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,668,049 | 31.09 | |||
| Source: Nohlen, IPU | |||||
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Fanmi Lavalas | 17 | New | |||
| National Front for Change and Democracy | 1 | –12 | |||
| National Congress of Democratic Forces | 1 | New | |||
| Christian Democratic Rally | 1 | New | |||
| Independents | 7 | +6 | |||
| Total | 27 | 0 | |||
| Total votes | 1,140,523 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,668,049 | 31.09 | |||
| Source: Nohlen, IPU | |||||