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Haiti
Republic of Haiti
République d’Haïti
Note: According to the results released by the government for the first round of presidential balloting on November 28, 2010, Mirlande MANIGAT of the Rally of Progressive National Democrats won 31.37 percent of the vote, followed by Jude CÉLESTIN of Unity (the grouping formed recently by supporters of President René PRÉVAL), with 22.48 percent, and singer Michel MARTELLY of Farmers’ Response, with 21.84 percent. However, the balloting was marred by charges of widespread irregularities, and protest demonstrations erupted among Martelly’s supporters, who claimed he had been defrauded of second place and the right to participate in the runoff with Manigat. Bowing to internal and external pressures in the wake of the voting irregularities, Unity candidate Jude Célestin withdrew from the second round ...