1957 Haitian general election
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General elections were held in Haiti on 22 September 1957.[1] Former Minister of Labour François Duvalier won the presidential election running under the National Unity Party banner,[2] defeating Louis Déjoie,[3] as well as independent moderate Clement Jumelle, who had dropped out on election day in a cloud of suspicions that the army was monitoring the election in favour of Duvalier. Former head of state Daniel Fignolé, considered a champion of poor blacks, was considered ineligible as he had been forcibly exiled months before the election, allegedly kidnapped.
Supporters of Duvalier also won the Chamber of Deputies elections.[4] Following the election, Déjoie went into exile in Cuba along with his supporters, fearing repression from Duvalier's supporters. Haiti was not to see a free or semi-free election again until after the fall of Duvalier's son Jean-Claude Duvalier in February 1986.
Voters cut the nail of the little finger of the left hand and dipped it in indelible ink to mark that the person voted.[5]
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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François Duvalier | National Unity Party | 680,509 | 72.36 | |
Louis Déjoie | National Agricultural Industrial Party | 249,956 | 26.58 | |
Clement Jumelle | National Party | 9,980 | 1.06 | |
Total | 940,445 | 100.00 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Chamber of Deputies
Party | Seats | |
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Duvalier supporters | 35 | |
Déjoie supporters | 2 | |
Total | 37 | |
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p381 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Haiti: Political Parties Country Studies
- ^ AvSteeve Coupeau, The history of Haiti
- ^ Nohlen, p389
- ^ "You Have One Week Left In Which To Grow Finger Nail". Haiti Sun. 15 September 1957. Retrieved 17 July 2018.