Balloting has ended in Haiti's presidential runoff with observers describing polling day as being generally peaceful.Polling centres in most of Haiti closed as scheduled at 4pm local time (2100 GMT), but voting was extended by one hour in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area to make up for initial delays.
Election officials began counting the votes by lamplight as most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and much of the Caribbean nation has no electricity. Preliminary results will be announced later this month.
Haiti's election law requires the Provisional Electoral Council to confirm the final results on April 16.
There was concern the long wait could cause impatience and possible protests, but CEP officials said both candidates have agreed to make no victory declarations and hold no rallies until the first results are announced.