1957 Haitian general election

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Presidential election


Nominee	François Duvalier	Louis Déjoie
Party	PUN	PAEN
Popular vote	680,509	249,956
Percentage	72.36%	26.58%

President before election

Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (Chairman of the Military Council)
Military

Elected President

François Duvalier
National Unity Party

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General elections were held in Haiti on 22 September 1957. Former Minister of Labour François Duvalier won the presidential election running under the National Unity Party banner, defeating Louis Déjoie, 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. 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.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	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
	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.

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