Country: | Haiti |
Type: | presidential |
Election Date: | 26 November 2000 |
Previous Election: | 1995 Haitian general election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Next Election: | 2006 Haitian general election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Image1: | Jean-Bertrand Aristide (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Jean Bertrand Aristide |
Party1: | Fanmi Lavalas |
Popular Vote1: | 2,632,534 |
Percentage1: | 91.67% |
Nominee2: | Arnold Dumas |
Party2: | Independent |
Popular Vote2: | 56,678 |
Percentage2: | 1.97% |
President | |
Before Election: | René Préval |
Before Party: | Fanmi Lavalas |
After Election: | Jean-Bertrand Aristide |
After Party: | Fanmi Lavalas |
Presidential elections were held in Haiti on 26 November 2000.[1] 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%.[2]
Concerns were raised when the Organisation of American States conducted a fact-finding mission on the election and found that 10 senatorial seats in the simultaneous parliamentary elections should have gone to a second-round runoff because the candidates did not win an absolute majority as required by the constitution. This resulted in the European Union and the United States banning economic assistance to the country until 2005, which were supported by Haitian opposition members.[3] [4]