Haiti General election 2026 (presidential and legislative) — Live Results & Map

At a glance

Haiti is scheduled to hold general elections on Sunday 13 December 2026 — its first national vote since 2016 — as part of a transition intended to restore constitutional government to a country that has been without an elected president or parliament for years. Voters are due to fill the presidency, every seat in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and local and municipal offices, all on the same day; this page carries the presidential and the parliamentary contest as separate tabs, because they are decided by different systems and will be declared on different timetables.

The date is the second the Provisional Electoral Council has set for this cycle. Its November 2025 calendar, approved by the Transitional Presidential Council on 1 December 2025, put the first round on 30 August 2026 with a run-off on 6 December. On 24 July 2026, days after opening voter registration in nine of the ten departments — every one except Ouest, the department containing Port-au-Prince, where instability delayed it to 30 July — the council moved the first round to 13 December 2026, with final results due on 7 March 2027 and a government inaugurated on 12 March 2027. The timetable remains conditional on security: the council's own president has said restoring it is a precondition for holding the first round at all.

Why Haiti has no elected government

Haiti's institutional collapse has been years in the making. Legislative elections due in 2019 were not held, so when the terms of most legislators expired in January 2020 the parliament effectively ceased to function and President Jovenel Moïse began ruling by decree. Moïse was assassinated at his residence in July 2021, plunging the country into a leadership crisis. With no functioning legislature to confirm a successor and the Supreme Court's senior figures having died during the pandemic, there was no constitutional mechanism to fill the vacuum. Acting prime ministers governed without an electoral mandate while armed gangs steadily expanded their control over the capital, Port-au-Prince.

The transitional arrangement

In early 2024, a surge of coordinated gang attacks forced the resignation of the de facto prime minister and prompted regional mediation by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The result was a nine-member Transitional Presidential Council (Conseil présidentiel de transition, CPC), installed in April 2024, which collectively exercises presidential powers and appoints an interim prime minister. The council's explicit mandate is to restore security, re-establish democratic institutions, organise a constitutional referendum, and deliver elections that return Haiti to constitutional order — a handover envisaged for early 2027.

The rules of the game

Under Haiti's 1987 constitution, the President is elected by a two-round majority system for a five-year term and cannot serve consecutive terms. The bicameral parliament comprises a Chamber of Deputies elected from single-member constituencies and a Senate with members elected from each of the ten departments, also by run-off. Elections are administered by a Provisional Electoral Council (Conseil électoral provisoire, CEP) — "provisional" because the permanent electoral council foreseen by the constitution has never been fully constituted. One of the central debates of the transition is whether to amend or replace the constitution, which is why a referendum has been proposed alongside the elections.

The security obstacle

The single greatest threat to the vote is insecurity. Armed groups, loosely federated under coalitions, control large parts of Port-au-Prince and key roads, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and repeatedly shutting the main airport and seaport. A Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, led by Kenya and authorised by the United Nations Security Council, deployed from 2024 to help the Haitian National Police reclaim territory, but it has struggled with funding and personnel. Holding a credible election requires registering voters, distributing materials and securing thousands of polling sites across areas where the state's writ is contested — an immense logistical and security challenge.

The last elections (2016)

The most recent presidential election was held in November 2016, after the annulment of a disputed 2015 vote. Jovenel Moïse of the Haitian Tèt Kale Party (PHTK) won in the first round with about 55.6% of the vote, on a turnout of roughly 21% — among the lowest in the hemisphere — reflecting deep disillusionment and insecurity even then. Legislative elections held in the same period left many seats contested or vacant, contributing to the parliamentary breakdown that followed.

What to watch in 2026

The decisive questions are whether the security situation improves enough to permit polling at all, whether the constitutional referendum proceeds and how it reshapes the institutions, and which figures and parties emerge to contest a presidency that has been vacant since 2021. Voter registration is the near-term test: the council opened it in nine departments on 20 July 2026 and in Ouest on 30 July, and how many of the roughly one million displaced people it reaches will shape whether the December vote is credible. International donors, CARICOM and the United Nations will weigh in heavily on the timing. Given that this cycle has already slipped once, from August to December, dates on this page should be treated as the council's current plan rather than a certainty.

The humanitarian and economic backdrop

Any vote will take place against a dire humanitarian situation. Gang violence has displaced more than a million people, repeatedly closed schools and hospitals, and pushed much of the population into acute food insecurity. The economy, long among the poorest in the Americas, depends heavily on remittances from the large Haitian diaspora in the United States, Canada, the Dominican Republic and France — flows worth a substantial share of national income. Rebuilding state authority, reopening the main port and airport, and restoring basic public services are preconditions not only for an election but for the daily functioning of the country.

How ElectioMap will cover it

If and when voting takes place, this page will publish both contests side by side: the presidential count under one tab and the legislative results under the other, with a departmental map of Haiti's ten regions, as official figures are released by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). The CEP publishes no machine-readable results feed, so figures will be entered from its official announcements rather than polled automatically, and each will be labelled with the stage of the count it comes from — preliminary, contested, or final. Until voting takes place the page serves as a reference on the transition and the electoral calendar.

An kreyòl: eleksyon jeneral yo an Ayiti, 13 desanm 2026

Eleksyon jeneral yo an Ayiti ap fèt dimanch 13 desanm 2026. Se premye eleksyon nasyonal depi lane 2016. Elektè yo ap chwazi yon prezidan, tout depite nan Chanm Depite yo, tout senatè, ansanm ak otorite lokal ak minisipal yo. Konsèy Elektoral Pwovizwa a (KEP) te ranvwaye premye tou a soti 30 out pou rive 13 desanm 2026; rezilta definitif yo pral pibliye 7 mas 2027 epi nouvo gouvènman an ap enstale 12 mas 2027.

Sou paj sa a nou pral bay rezilta yo pou de eleksyon yo separeman — youn pou prezidans lan, youn pou palman an — ak yon kat rezilta pou chak nan dis depatman yo, dapre chif ofisyèl KEP la bay. Enskripsyon elektè yo te kòmanse 20 jiyè 2026 nan nèf depatman, epi 30 jiyè nan Depatman Lwès la.

En français : les élections générales du 13 décembre 2026

Les élections générales haïtiennes sont prévues le dimanche 13 décembre 2026 — le premier scrutin national depuis 2016. Les électeurs doivent élire le président de la République, l'ensemble de la Chambre des députés et du Sénat, ainsi que les autorités locales et municipales. Le Conseil électoral provisoire (CEP) a reporté le premier tour du 30 août au 13 décembre 2026, avec des résultats définitifs attendus le 7 mars 2027 et une investiture le 12 mars 2027. Cette page publiera les résultats des deux scrutins, présidentiel et législatif, ainsi qu'une carte par département.

Frequently asked questions

When are Haiti's next elections?

The first round of Haiti's general elections is set for Sunday 13 December 2026, with the run-off on 21 February 2027 and final results due on 7 March 2027 and a new government inaugurated on 12 March 2027. The Provisional Electoral Council moved the date from 30 August 2026 on 24 July. They would be the first national elections since 2016, and the timetable depends on the security situation.

Why was the August 2026 election postponed?

The council's original calendar, approved in December 2025, put the first round on 30 August 2026. On 24 July 2026 — four days after voter registration opened in nine of the ten departments, and before it had begun in Ouest, the department containing Port-au-Prince — the council reset the first round to 13 December, citing the registration timetable and the security situation. Registration in Ouest began on 30 July.

What is being elected on 13 December?

The presidency, every seat in the Chamber of Deputies, every seat in the Senate, and local and municipal offices, all on the same day. This page shows the presidential and the parliamentary contest under separate tabs because they use different systems and are declared on different timetables.

Why has Haiti not held elections since 2016?

President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in July 2021, Parliament's terms had already lapsed in January 2020, and the country has since been governed without an elected legislature. Escalating gang violence around Port-au-Prince repeatedly forced electoral plans to be postponed.

Who governs Haiti now?

A nine-member Transitional Presidential Council, installed in April 2024, exercises presidential powers alongside an interim prime minister. Its mandate is to restore security and organise elections to return Haiti to constitutional order.

Is there also a constitutional referendum?

A referendum on replacing the 1987 constitution has been part of the transition's plans since 2021 and has been repeatedly deferred. Whether it is held before, alongside or after the December vote is set by the Provisional Electoral Council and has changed more than once.

Will results be reliable?

Organising a credible vote depends on registering voters — including more than a million displaced people — and securing polling sites, supported by the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission. The CEP publishes no automatic results feed, so ElectioMap will enter its official figures by hand as they are announced, labelled with the stage of the count they come from.

Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.