2009 Haitian Senate election

none 2009 Haitian Senate election Haiti general no 2006 Haitian general election 2006 Haitian general election, 2010–11 2010–11 19 April 2009 (first round)21 June 2009 (second round) Elections for a third of the seats in the Senate of Haiti were held on 19 April 2009 (they were scheduled for March or April 2008, but were postponed), with a run-off to be held on 21 June 2009.http://electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1726 IFES Election Guide | Elections: Haiti Leg Jun 2009 2009-05-19 2009-08-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20090825191636/http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1726 livehttp://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/266447,no-winners-emerge-from-senate-elections-in-haiti-june-runoff-set.html Earth Times: Show/266447,no-winners-emerge-from-senate-elections-in-haiti-june-runoff-set.HTML 2009-04-29 2012-08-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829120117/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/266447,no-winners-emerge-from-senate-elections-in-haiti-june-runoff-set.html livehttp://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article8343 Haïti/Sénatoriales : Le second tour officiellement fixé au 21 juin 2009-05-19 2010-01-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20100129085703/http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article8343 live Per the Constitution of Haiti, voters should renew ten of the thirty seats in the Senate, but as Pierre Emmanuel Limage (representing Fwon Lespwa, the party of President René Préval, for Artibonite), died in a car accident and Ultimo Compère (representing Fwon Lespwa for Centre; his term would have expired in 2008 regularly) and Rudolph H. Boulos (representing the Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats for Nord-Est) resigned, there were twelve open seats instead.http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B74F40609-EEE0-4FEC-8411-F01D9C5F2282%7D)&language=EN Prensa Latina 2007-12-01 2008-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080101013149/http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B74F40609-EEE0-4FEC-8411-F01D9C5F2282%7D)&language=EN dead Background The seats for which elections were held were divided among parties as follows prior to the elections: Fwon Lespwa – 4 (two of them currently vacant) Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats – 2 (one of them currently vacant) Struggling People's Organization – 2 L'Artibonite in Action – 1 Pont – 1 Fanmi Lavalas – 1 Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti – 1 Preparations were finished in late May 2008.January 2010 Candidates 40 candidates were not allowed to contest the election, including Guy Philippe and all 17 from Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas, reportedly due to procedural mistakes and missing signatures or possibly even two lists of candidates submitted in some constituencies. 79 candidates were approved.http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1233586921839 DerStandard.at 2022-02-10 2009-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090212171241/http://derstandard.at/?url=%2F%3Fid%3D1233586921839 live The disqualification was strongly criticised by local and international organisations alike, with some even claiming that the elections were not really democratic. A majority for president Préval's Fwon Lespwa party could aid him in amending the constitution to increase the president's power and allowing a second consecutive term.http://www.newsobserver.com/1573/story/1488164.html February 2022 InternetArchiveBot yesJune 2024 medicmedic Results Turnout was very low.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/2009419224231220542.html Breaking News, World News and Video from al Jazeera 2009-04-20 2009-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090421130117/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/2009419224231220542.html live Run-off elections were expected for many seats due to the high number of candidates. Voting for Ultimo Compère's vacant seat in the Centre department had to be rescheduled after voters ransacked polling places and a poll supervisor was shot in Mirebalais. Results took a few days, as they were all tabulated in Port-au-Prince and therefore all ballots had to arrive there before they could be counted.June 2024 medicmedic None of the candidates in any of the departments managed to get more than half of the votes in the first round, so the two candidates in each departments were set to face each other in a run-off on 7 June 2009. Turnout for the first round was around 11%.June 2024 medicmedic The run-off was on 13 May 2009 announced to have been postponed to 21 June 2009, due to legal problems with election challenges; by that date, no date had been set for the re-run of the election in the Centre department. According to final results including annulment of illegal votes, the following parties had candidates in the run-off:http://www.cep-ht.org/Documents/Results_Sen2009_1/resultats_definitifs_senatoriales_2009_mai.pdf Archived copy 2009-05-25 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064620/http://www.cep-ht.org/Documents/Results_Sen2009_1/resultats_definitifs_senatoriales_2009_mai.pdf live Fwon Lespwa (LESPWA) – 8 candidates Struggling People's Organization (OPL) – 5 candidates Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (FUSION) – 3 candidates L'Artibonite in Action (AAA) – 2 candidates Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (UNION) – 1 candidate independent – 1 candidate Working Together for Haiti (KONBA) – 1 candidate Union of Haitian Citizens for Democracy, Development and Education (UCADDE) – 1 candidate In the second round, LESPWA won five seats, and five parties won one seat each (OPL, AAA, FUSION, KONBA, UCADDE), as well as an independent. Lespwa 131647 0 178482 5 5 Struggling People's Organization 90549 0 85834 1 1 Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats 34191 0 41621 1 1 L'Artibonite in Action 44896 0 37188 1 1 Union of Haitian Citizens for Democracy, Development and Education 14806 1 16943 1 1 Working Together for Haiti 18751 0 15909 1 1 Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti 30205 0 14499 0 0 Respect  12976 0 0 0 MODELH–PRDH 11024 0 0 0 Independent Movement for National Reconciliation 7794 0 0 0 Rally of Progressive National Democrats 7382 0 0 0 National Unity Party  4481 0 0 0 Social Renewal Party 2461 0 0 0 Movement for the Installation of Democracy in Haïti 1931 0 0 0 Popular Agreement Party 937 0 0 0 Pont 160 0 0 0 Independents 23254 0 16643 1 1 Against all 6171 5841 Vacant 1 CEP, CEP References External links "Poll projects low voter turnout in Haiti:Protests banned," by Kevin Pina, Haiti Information Project/HaitiAction.net, April 16, 2009. "HAITI: Fanmi Lavalas Banned, Voter Apprehension Widespread," by Jeb Sprague, IPS, April 16, 2009. "A funeral and a boycott: ‘The struggle continues’ in Haiti," by Kevin Pina, SF Bay View, June 20, 2009. "Haiti's voters support Lavalas, boycott election https://web.archive.org/web/20100324181201/http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/haiti%E2%80%99s-voters-support-lavalas-boycott-election/ 2010-03-24 ," by Kevin Pina, SF Bay View, June 22, 2009. Category:Elections in Haiti Haiti Senate election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Haiti Haiti