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1995 Haitian general election

Field	Value
country	Haiti
election_date	17 December 1995
module	{{Infobox election
election_name	Presidential election
embed	yes
type	presidential
turnout	27.80%
previous_election	1990–91 Haitian general election
previous_year	1990
next_election	2000 Haitian presidential election
next_year	2000
image1	Rene Preval.jpg
nominee1	René Préval
party1	Fanmi Lavalas
popular_vote1	818,014
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Léon Jeune
party2	Independent politician
popular_vote2	23,188
title	President
before_election	Jean Bertrand-Aristide
before_party	National Front for Change and Democracy
after_election	René Préval
after_party	Fanmi Lavalas
module	{{Infobox legislative election
election_name	Chamber of Deputies election
embed	yes
turnout	31.09%
nopercentage	yes
party1	Fanmi Lavalas	leader1 = René Préval	seats1 = 67	last_election1 = New
party2	FNCD	leader2 =	percentage2 =	seats2 = 2	last_election2 = 27
party3	GMRN	leader3 =	percentage3 =	seats3 = 1	last_election3 = new
party4	KONAKOM	leader4 =	percentage4 =	seats4 = 1	last_election4 = new
party5	PANPRA	leader5 =	percentage5 =	seats5 = 1	last_election5 = new
party6	PROP	leader6 =	percentage6 =	seats6 = 1	last_election6 = new
party7	RDCH	leader7 =	percentage7 =	seats7 = 1	last_election7 = new
party8	MKN	leader8 =	percentage8 =	seats8 = 1	last_election8 = 5
party10	Independents	leader10 = –	percentage10 =	seats10 = 5	last_election10 = 5
module	{{Infobox legislative election
election_name	Senate election
embed	yes
turnout	31.09%
nopercentage	yes
party1	Fanmi Lavalas	leader1 = René Préval	seats1 = 17	last_election1 = New
party2	FNCD	leader2 =	percentage2 =	seats2 = 1	last_election2 = 13
party3	KONAKOM	leader3 =	percentage3 =	seats3 = 1	last_election3 = new
party4	RDCH	leader4 =	percentage4 =	seats4 = 1	last_election4 = new
party5	Independents	leader5 = –	percentage5 =	seats5 = 7	last_election5 = 1

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. 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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

Results

President

Chamber of Deputies

Senate

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p392 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2137_95.htm Haiti: Elections held in 1995] Inter-Parliamentary Union
Nohlen, p392
(1996). "Election Watch". Journal of Democracy.
Metz, Helen Chapin. (2001). "Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies". Federal Research Division, Library of Congress.
(1 March 2024). "From coup to chaos: 20 years after the US ousted Haiti's president". [[Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft]].
(23 May 1994). "Haiti elections". UPI.
Bazinet, Kenneth R.. (23 June 1995). "U.S. sending observer to Haiti elections". UPI.
(24 June 1995). "Officials split on Haiti vote conditions". UPI.

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