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1957 Haitian general election

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Field	Value
country	Haiti
previous_election	1950 Haitian general election
previous_year	1950
next_election	1961 Haitian presidential referendum
next_year	1961
election_date	22 September 1957
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
image1	Dr. Francois Duvalier.jpg
nominee1	François Duvalier
party1	National Unity Party (Haiti)
popular_vote1	680,509
percentage1	72.36%
image2	Agronomist Louis Déjoie.jpg
nominee2	Louis Déjoie
party2	PAEN
popular_vote2	249,956
percentage2	26.58%
title	President
before_election	Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (Chairman of the Military Council)
before_party	Military
after_election	François Duvalier
after_party	National Unity Party

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

Chamber of Deputies

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p381 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
[http://countrystudies.us/haiti/77.htm Haiti: Political Parties] Country Studies
AvSteeve Coupeau, ''The history of Haiti''
Nohlen, p389
(15 September 1957). "You Have One Week Left In Which To Grow Finger Nail". Haiti Sun.

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