19 candidates have campaigned on similar platforms ahead of Sunday 's elections . Celestin , whose well-funded campaign has occasionally featured airplanes dropping confetti , leads the largest bloc of politicians competing for seats in both houses of the Haitian parliament . Comment: Haiti 's cholera death toll stands at 1,603 , the Ministry of Public Health and Population said . Cholera epidemic affects nearly 70,000 people .
19 candidates have campaigned on similar platforms ahead of Sunday 's elections . Comment: Haiti 's cholera death toll stands at 1,603 , the Ministry of Public Health and Population said . Cholera epidemic affects nearly 70,000 people .