1957 Haitian general election

none Haiti 1950 Haitian general election 1950 1961 Haitian presidential referendum 1961 22 September 1957 yes Presidential election presidential Dr. Francois Duvalier.jpg François Duvalier National Unity Party (Haiti) 680,509 72.36% Agronomist Louis Déjoie.jpg Louis Déjoie PAEN 249,956 26.58% President Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (Chairman of the Military Council) Military François Duvalier National Unity Party General elections were held in Haiti on 22 September 1957.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p381 978-0-19-928357-6 Former Minister of Labour François Duvalier won the presidential election running under the National Unity Party banner,Haiti: Political Parties Country Studies defeating Louis Déjoie,AvSteeve Coupeau, The history of Haiti 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.Nohlen, p389 Following the election, Déjoie went into exile in Cuba along with his supporters, fearing repression from Duvalier's supporters. Over the next few years, Duvalier consolidated his power step by step, culminating in two sham "re-elections," the second of which made him president for life in 1964. Haiti was not to see another even partly free election until 1988, two years after the fall of Duvalier's son Jean-Claude. Voters cut the nail of the little finger of the left hand and dipped it in indelible ink to mark that the person voted.http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015023/00413 You Have One Week Left In Which To Grow Finger Nail Haiti Sun 15 September 1957 17 July 2018 Results President François Duvalier National Unity Party 680509 Louis Déjoie National Agricultural Industrial Party 249956 Clément Jumelle National Party 9980 Nohlen Chamber of Deputies Duvalier supporters 35 Déjoie supporters 2 Nohlen References Category:Elections in Haiti Haiti General Category:Presidential elections in Haiti Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Haiti