Haitian officials say businessman Jovenel Moise has won the country's second presidential election in two years. Moise easily defeated 26 other candidates in the November 20 election. Haiti’s election council announced the unofficial results on Monday. It said he received 55.6 percent of the votes. Just 21 percent of Haitians with a right to vote marked ballots. The voting took place a year after Haitian officials cancelled the results of the earlier presidential election. Jovenel Moise was the candidate of the ruling PHTK, the party of former President Michel Martelly. Moise is a banana exporter and new to politics. He used the nickname “the banana man” during the election campaign to avoid being mistaken for another candidate whose name also included “Moise.” There were 27 presidential candidates in this election. With so many other candidates, it is unusual to reach a 35 percent lead over the second-place candidate.
