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President of the Republic of Haiti
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| Office | President |
| Honorific | President - Abbr: President |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 1961 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | April 00, 1961 - 07:00am Central |
| Polls Close | April 00, 1961 - 07:00pm Central |
| Term Start | April 00, 1961 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | April 00, 1967 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
| Last Modified | The Oncoming Storm February 28, 2004 12:10am |
| Data Sources | Inter-American Commission on Human Rights by the Organization of American States see [Link]
The Duvaliers Killer File see [Link]
allRefer Reference - Haiti - François Duvalier, 1957-71 | Haitian Information Resource see [Link] |
| Description |
This was a rigged election that Duvalier used to extend his term to 1967. However, he didn't wait until 1967. He had himself declared President for Life in 1964.
Rotberg (1971: 231-33) estimates that about 100,000 voters took part in the 1961 election, whereas the government claimed that the number of voters was 1,320,748. See also Ruddleand Gillette 1972: 90.
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1,320,748 (100.00%)