Country: Haiti Official Name: Republic of Haiti Election Type: Legislative Date: April 19, 2009 Source for election date

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

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