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]
^Hufbauer, Gary Clyde; Schott, Jeffrey J.; Elliott, Kimberly (2007).
Economic Sanctions Reconsidered. Washington: Peterson Institute for International Economics. p. 34.