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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Oct 27, 2015
• Views : 769
• Category : Haiti News
• Description : BBC
  
  26 October 2015
  
  Photo: Turnout was high but most Haitians waited patiently for their turn to cast their votes
• Location : Haiti
• Website : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34633618

Overview

• General elections in Haiti have gone ahead without major incidents, less than three months after parliamentary polls that were marred by violence.
  
  Some 15,000 policemen and United Nations peacekeeping force members were deployed to prevent any incidents.
  
  Haitians were choosing from more than 50 candidates to succeed President Michel Martelly.
  
  They were also electing members of the Congress, which was dissolved in January amid a political crisis.
  
  Results are not expected to be known until next month.
  
  Turnout was high across Haiti, despite the failure of the 9 August vote.
  
  Only a few candidates were officially elected then. New polls had be held in a number of constituencies.
  
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