The Electoral Council ended the process of merging political parties on Friday.
The Electoral Council ended the process of merging political parties on Friday. 17 coalitions and 88 political parties are approved for the upcoming elections. Out of the 316 parties previously validated by the electoral body, this merging process has brought the number down to 105 political organizations.
The 17 coalitions of political parties approved by the CEP since last week didn’t see the need to merge. As a result, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) officially ended the period for registering political mergers on Friday, August 14, 2026, without recording any party mergers.It should be noted here that according to the electoral decree, a coalition of parties is made up of at least 10 political parties, and a grouping is made up of at least two coalitions of political parties.
To close this chapter in the electoral process, the CEP published the complete and final list of 105 political structures, including 17 coalitions and 88 political parties authorized to participate in the upcoming elections, in accordance with Article 129 of the Electoral Decree of June 2, 2026.
‘…the formal recording by a Justice of the Peace in the Pétion-ville commune of the closure of the political groupings registration process on Friday, August 14, 2026, at 6:00 PM, allowed the CEP to note that no political grouping had been registered with the electoral institution,’ the CEP stated in a press release.The Provisional Electoral Council has published the list of one hundred and five (105) approved political structures on its website www.cephaiti.ht, its official Facebook page, and the official X account of the CEP.
According to the electoral calendar, the CEP will launch the candidate registration process on Thursday, August 20. At the same time, the Electoral Council continues voter registration across the country.
The first round of the presidential, legislative, and constitutional referendum elections is set for December 13.
“I guarantee you there will be elections, whether we like it or not,” said the Prime Minister while visiting the South department. However, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé did not specify whether these elections will take place this year.The 17 Approved Groups
SOLÈY; SOLIDARITY FOR HAITI TO BREATHE; COPPOS-HAITI AND ALLIES; HAITI TRANSFORMED; UNBLOCK; RECONCILIATION PLATFORM; STAND UP PATRIOTS; FORWARD FOR HAITI; CITIZENS STAND FOR HAITI’S TRANSFORMATION; LAPEH AND ITS ALLIES; STRONG TO SAVE HONOR; DELIVERANCE; HONEY; VICTORY; KOMBIT AND ACTION FOR A BEAUTIFUL HAITI; NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC GRAND ASSEMBLY and GRATEFUL POLITICAL PLATFORM FOR HAITI. These 17 groups of political parties bring together 228 parties out of the 316 existing parties.
Only the group Gwoupman Rasanble, among the 18 registered groups, was not approved by the CEP.
