At stake in this election:
- 12 seats in the Senate (Sénat)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President René PREVAL
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Michèle PIERRE-LOUIS
- Assembly: Haiti has a bicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) consisting of the Senate (Sénat) with 30 seats and the Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés) with 99 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
- The Prime Minister is nominated by the President.
- In the Senate (Sénat) 30 members are elected by majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 6-year terms*. In the Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés) 99 members are elected by majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms. One-third of the Senate is elected every two years. The electoral system is two-round.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Party: Hope Grouping / Groupement Politique Lespwa/L'Espoir (LESPWA)
Leader: René PRéVAL
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Union for the Salvation of Haiti (UNION) / Union Pour le Sauvetage d'Haiti
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Party of National Unity (PUN) / Partie de l'Unité Nationale
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Haiti in Action (LA.A.A.) / L'Ayiti An Aksyon
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Alliance: Struggling People's Organization / Organisation du Peuple en Lutte
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Regrouping of Social Democratic Fusion (FUSION) / Regroupement de la Fusion des Sociaux Démocrates
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Independent Movement for National Reconciliation / Parti Mouvement Indépendant pour la Réconciliation Nationale
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Union of Haitian Citizens for Democracy, Development and Education (UCADDE) / Union des Citoyens Ayisyen pour la Démocratie, le Développement et l'Education
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Alliance: Regrouping of Citizens for Hope (RESPE) / Regwoupman Sitwayen pou Espwa
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Working Together for Haiti (KONBA) / Konbit Pou Ayiti
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Democratic Movement for the Liberation of Haiti (MODELH-PRDH) / Mouvement Démocratique de Libération d'Haiti
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Alliance: Assembly of Progressive National Democats / Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: For Everybody (PONT) / Pou Nou Tout
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Party for Social Renovation (PSR) / Parti Social Rénové
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Party: Movement for the Instauration of Democracy in Haiti (MIDH) / Mouvement pour l'Instauration de la Démocratie en Haiti
Seats won in last Senate election: 0 - Alliance: Party of Popular Understanding (PEP) / Parti d'Entente Populaire
Seats won in last Senate election: 0
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 9,203,083 (July 2010 est.)
- Registered Voters: 4,223,219
Last Updated on 07/13/2010