Democratic Alliance Party (Haiti)
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The Democratic Alliance Party (Alyans) is a political party
in Haiti
. In the presidential elections
of 7 February 2006, its candidate Evans Paul
won 2.5% of the popular vote. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate elections
6.1% of the popular vote and 1 out of 30 Senators. In the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections
, the party won 10 out of 99 seats.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
. In the presidential elections
Haitian elections, 2006
The 2006 elections in Haiti, to replace the interim government of Gérard Latortue put in place after the 2004 Haiti rebellion, were delayed four times after having been originally scheduled for October and November 2005. The elections finally took place on February 7, 2006, with turnout of around 60%...
of 7 February 2006, its candidate Evans Paul
Evans Paul
Evans Paul, called K-plimo, is a Haitian politician and former president of the Democratic United Committee . He was elected mayor of Port-au-Prince in the 1990 elections that brought Jean-Bertrand Aristide's National Front for Change and Democracy party to power...
won 2.5% of the popular vote. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate elections
Haitian elections, 2006
The 2006 elections in Haiti, to replace the interim government of Gérard Latortue put in place after the 2004 Haiti rebellion, were delayed four times after having been originally scheduled for October and November 2005. The elections finally took place on February 7, 2006, with turnout of around 60%...
6.1% of the popular vote and 1 out of 30 Senators. In the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections
Haitian elections, 2006
The 2006 elections in Haiti, to replace the interim government of Gérard Latortue put in place after the 2004 Haiti rebellion, were delayed four times after having been originally scheduled for October and November 2005. The elections finally took place on February 7, 2006, with turnout of around 60%...
, the party won 10 out of 99 seats.