Furious supporters of eliminated candidates set fires and put up barricades in the streets of Haiti's capital after officials announced that government protege Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat would advance to a second round run-off in presidential elections.

Haiti’s election ended in discord with nearly all the major presidential candidates calling for it to be disallowed over fraud and claims that large numbers of voters were turned away across the quake-stricken country.

THE ballot was as crowded as the earthquake-ravaged capital itself, and a collapsed presidential palace the prize.

HAITIANS faced growing concerns of voter fraud ahead of presidential elections tomorrow as the desperately poor nation gripped by cholera struggles to rebuild after a devastating earthquake.