Elections in Haiti Elections in Haiti Elections in Haiti gives information on election and election results in Haiti. The Constitution of Haiti provides for the election of the President, Parliament, and members of local governing bodies. The current president is Michel Joseph Martelly, who received 68 percent of the votes in the Haitian general election, 2010–2011. Elections, delayed after a political impasse, are planned to be held for both the Presidency and Parliament in 2015. The latest presidential election took place on November 28, 2010, with a run-off election taking place on March 20, 2011. No candidate received a majority of the vote
Michel Martelly Haitian history that an incumbent president's peacefully transferred power to a member of the opposition. Following the day after the damaged-quake in last year, the incumbent Haitian Prime Minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, resigned to allow Martelly to choose his own Prime Minister. Martelly was quick to pledge reforms for the post-earthquake reconstruction process. In August 2011, Martelly announced a plan to reinstate the nation's military. This plan was met with controversy as many human rights activists were concerned about bringing back a military which had been responsible for many atrocities in the past. In September 2011, Martelly formed an advisory board