Haitian general election, 1990–91

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General elections were held in Haiti between 16 December 1990 and 20 January 1991. The presidential election, held on 16 December, resulted in a victory for Jean-Bertrand Aristide of the National Front for Change and Democracy (FCND), whilst the FCND also won the parliamentary elections in which voter turnout was 50.8%.[1][2] It was widely reckoned as the first honest election held in Haiti since the country gained independence in 1804.

Aristide was sworn in on 7 February but was deposed in a coup eight months later.

Background

For the elections, the United Nations General Assembly had established the United Nations Observer Group for the Verification of the Elections in Haiti (ONUVEH), which sent election monitors, as did the Organization of American States. These organisations helped ensure that the elections were free and fair.[3]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Jean-Bertrand AristideNational Front for Change and Democracy1,107,12567.5
Marc BazinNational Alliance for Democracy and Progress233,27714.2
Louis DéjoieNational Agricultural Industrial Party80,0574.9
Hubert de RoncerayMovement for National Development54,8713.3
Sylvio ClaudeChristian Democratic Party of Haiti49,1493.0
René ThéodoreUnified Party of Haitian Communists30,0641.8
Thomas DésulméNational Labour Party27,3621.7
Volvick Rémy JosephNational Cobite Movement21,3511.3
François LatortueDemocratic Movement for the Liberation of Haiti15,0600.9
Richard Vladimir JeantyParadise Party12,2960.8
Fritz SimonIndependent10,1170.6
Invalid/blank votes -
Total1,640,729100
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats
National Front for Change and Democracy 27
National Alliance for Democracy and Progress 17
Christian Democratic Party of Haiti 7
National Agricultural Industrial Party 6
Association of Nationalist and Progressive Democrats 6
Movement for National Development 5
National Cobite Movement 5
National Labour Party 3
Independents 5
Invalid/blank votes --
Total1,640,729 81
Source: Nohlen, IPU

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
National Front for Change and Democracy 13
National Alliance for Democracy and Progress 6
National Reconstruction Movement 2
National Agricultural Industrial Party 2
Christian Democratic Party of Haiti 1
National Labour Party 1
Rally of Progressive National Democratic 1
Independents 1
Invalid/blank votes --
Total1,640,729 27
Source: Nohlen, IPU

The elected members were:

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp390-392 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ Haiti: Elections held in 1990 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. ↑ Collins, E & Cole, TM (1996) "Regime Legitimation in Instances of Coup-Caused Governments-in-Exile: The Cases of Presidents Makarios and Aristide" Journal of International Law & Practice 5(2), p218
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