1988 Haitian general election

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General elections were held in Haiti on 17 January 1988, after the 1987 general elections had been cancelled due to an election day massacre of voters either orchestrated or condoned by the military. 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%, with some putting it at lower than 4%.

The official results were made public on 24 January, and it was a victory for Leslie Manigat of the Rally of Progressive National Democrats. However, six months later, he was removed from office in a military coup on 20 June.

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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