The facts

  1. The official calendar schedules the first round for 18 July 2027 and a second presidential and legislative round for 4 October 2027. [1]

  2. It plans a first-round campaign from 15 April through 17 July 2027, with definitive first-round results on 9 August. These are scheduled dates, not completed votes or results. [1]

  3. The council’s accompanying note says the revision follows the 6 October electoral decree and consultations with security forces, political and civil-society groups, business representatives and the government. [2]

  4. Reuters reported the postponement to 18 July and described it as Haiti’s first presidential election in a decade. [3]

Still unconfirmed

  • Whether the elections and results can take place on the newly scheduled dates remains uncertain.

Sources

References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 29 Oct 2026, 03:14 UTC.

  1. Updated electoral calendar 2026–2027

    Haiti Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) · Primary source · 28 Oct 2026

    Seven scanned pages checked visually; page 6 gives the voting and results dates. The council’s publication note establishes the release date.

  2. Note CEP/DC/081-2526: publication of the updated calendar

    Haiti Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) · Primary source · 28 Oct 2026

  3. Haiti postpones first presidential election in a decade to July 2027

    Reuters, via MarketScreener · Reporting · 29 Oct 2026

    Report datelined Port-au-Prince, 28 October. Read through normal public HTTPS after web-tool retrieval was unavailable; independently owned from CEP.

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