About this election
Haiti is provisionally scheduled to hold general elections around 30 August 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. The timetable is tentative and conditional on security: it has already slipped more than once, and authorities have signalled that a constitutional referendum would precede or accompany presidential, legislative and local elections, with a new president targeted to take office in early 2027. Because no figures yet exist, this page sets out the institutions, the crisis that produced the vacuum, and what a credible election would require.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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. International donors, CARICOM and the United Nations will weigh in heavily on the credibility and timing of any vote. Given the history of postponements, dates on this page should be treated as provisional until confirmed by the CEP.
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.
If and when voting takes place, this page will publish the live presidential count and a departmental map of Haiti's ten regions as official results are released by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Until then it serves as a reference on the transition and the planned electoral calendar.
Haiti's general elections are provisionally scheduled around 30 August 2026, with results and an inauguration targeted for early 2027. The dates are tentative and depend on the security situation; they would be the first national elections since 2016.
President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in July 2021, Parliament's terms had already lapsed, 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.
A nine-member Transitional Presidential Council (CPC), 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.
Authorities have signalled a constitutional referendum followed by presidential, legislative and local elections. The exact sequence and dates are set by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and may change.
Organising a credible vote depends on disarming or containing armed groups and securing polling sites, supported by the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission. ElectioMap will publish official figures from the CEP as they are released.
Compiled and reviewed by Bartłomiej Paruzel, Election Data Analyst, from official results. See our data methodology.