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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]
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]
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 |