Partial Senate elections were held in Haiti on 18 January 1993 to elect one-third of the 27-member Senate.[1] The elections were held alongside by-elections for one seat in the Senate and three in the Chamber of Deputies.[2]
Held under the rule of Raoul Cédras (who had overthrown the democratically elected government in a 1991 coup) and overseen by Marc Bazin,[3] the elections were declared illegitimate by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.[1] The members elected were supportive of the coup.[3]
On 2 March, police and soldiers entered Parliament to try to remove 13 parliamentarians elected in 1990 in order to ensure the newly elected members could take their place.[3] The presence of the members elected in the 1993 elections was an additional obstacle in the negotiations to return to civilian rule;[4] however, it was agreed that they would not take their seats.[5]