Haitian presidential election, 2000
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Presidential elections were held in Haiti
on 26 November 2000. The opposition parties, organised into the recently created Convergence Démocratique
, boycotted the election after disputing the results of the parliamentary elections. The result was a landslide victory for Jean-Bertrand Aristide
, who received 91.7% of the vote with a turnout of around 50%.
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
on 26 November 2000. The opposition parties, organised into the recently created Convergence Démocratique
Convergence Démocratique
Convergence Démocratique was a Haitian political movement created in summer 2000 in opposition to Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his Fanmi Lavalas party. A group of disparate opposition parties and social organizations, it was crafted and built by the International Republican Institute...
, boycotted the election after disputing the results of the parliamentary elections. The result was a landslide victory for Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after completing his studies...
, who received 91.7% of the vote with a turnout of around 50%.
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Bertrand Aristide Jean-Bertrand Aristide Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after completing his studies... |
Fanmi Lavalas Fanmi Lavalas Fanmi Lavalas is a leftist political party in Haiti. Its leader is former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It has been a powerful force in Haitian politics since 1991. Fanmi Lavalas governments supported a policy of "growth with equity" based on Caribbean and Western European social... |
2,632,534 | 91.7 |
| Arnold Dumas | Independent | 56,678 | 2.0 |
| Evan Nicolas | Union for National Reconciliation | 45,441 | 1.6 |
| Serge Sylvain | Independent | 37,371 | 1.3 |
| Calixte Dorisca | Independent | 36,233 | 1.3 |
| Jacques Philippe Dorce | Independent | 32,245 | 1.2 |
| Paul Arthur Fleurival | Independent | 31,100 | 1.1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | |||
| Total | 2,871,602 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||