Michel Martelly faces a mammoth task after he is sworn as Haiti’s new president on Saturday, inheriting a shattered Caribbean nation.

Partial results suggested Monday that carnival singer Michel Martelly was on course for a landslide win in Haiti’s presidential run-off election.

Haiti won plaudits for holding a calm and relatively peaceful presidential run-off on Monday as partial results suggested Michel Martelly could win.

The US has urged Haiti’s former president to postpone his planned return to the country until after Sunday’s vital presidential run-off.

Rene Preval agreed not to release final results of Haiti’s elections until after consultations with members of the Organisation of American States.