1988 Haitian general election
General elections were held in Haiti on 17 January 1988,[1] after the 1987 general election had been cancelled due to an election day massacre of voters either orchestrated or condoned by the Haitian military.[2] The elections were boycotted by most candidates who had contested the previous elections, and while the official voter turnout figure was stated to be around 35%, observers and foreign officials estimated it to be no more than 10%,[3] with some putting it at lower than 4%.[2]
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The official results were made public on 24 January, and it was a victory for Leslie Manigat of the Rally of Progressive National Democrats.[4] However, six months later, he was removed from office in a military coup on 20 June.[2]
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Manigat | Rally of Progressive National Democrats | 534,110 | 50.22 | |
| Hubert de Ronceray | Movement for National Development | 209,526 | 19.70 | |
| Gérard Philippe Auguste | Peasant Worker Movement | 151,391 | 14.23 | |
| Grégoire Eugène | Social Christian Party | 97,556 | 9.17 | |
| Alphonse Lahèns | Haitian Progressive National Movement | 34,371 | 3.23 | |
| Michel Lamartinière Honorat | National Union of Democratic Forces | 16,550 | 1.56 | |
| Jean Théagène | National Union of Haitian Democrats | 15,113 | 1.42 | |
| Hugo Noël | 2,892 | 0.27 | ||
| Arnold Dumas | National Party of Workers' Defence | 1,264 | 0.12 | |
| Hector Estimé | 471 | 0.04 | ||
| Dieuveuil Joseph | 149 | 0.01 | ||
| Lysias Verret | 77 | 0.01 | ||
| Edouard Francisque | Union for Haitian Renewal | 59 | 0.01 | |
| Raphaël François | 8 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 1,063,537 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p381 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Haiti's Election Needs Help Carter Center
- Country Report: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, 1988, p21
- "Leslie Manigat, elegido presidente de Haití". El País (in Spanish). 25 January 1988. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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