Haitian general election, 1957

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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 the wealthy mulatto 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 supporters. Haiti was not to see a free or semi-free election until after the fall of Duvalier's son Jean-Claude Duvalier in February 1986.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
François Duvalier	National Unity Party	680,509	72.4
Louis Déjoie	National Agricultural Industrial Party	249,656	26.6
Clement Jumelle	National Party	9,980	1.1
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		940,445	100
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	%	Seats
Duvalier supporters		35
Déjoie supporters		2
Invalid/blank votes	-	-
Total		37
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (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

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