Jovenel Moise clinches Haiti presidency, poll fraud ruled out

Jovenel Moise addresses the media next to his wife Martine after winning 55.67 percent of the vote in the November 20 presidential election, according to the electoral council, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jeanty Junior Augustin

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian businessman Jovenel Moise was declared the official winner of November presidential elections in the impoverished Caribbean nation on Tuesday, after an electoral tribunal ruled out allegations of massive fraud at the polls.

Moise, who ran for former President Michel Martelly's Bald Heads Party (PHTK), won with 55.6 percent of votes cast in the Nov. 20 election, with closest rival Jude Celestin second at 19.5 percent, said electoral tribunal spokeswoman Nicole Simeon.