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1961 Haitian parliamentary election

Field	Value
election_name	1961 Haitian parliamentary election
country	Haiti
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1957 Haitian general election
previous_year	1957
election_date	30 April 1961
next_election	1964 Haitian parliamentary election
next_year	1964
seats_for_election	All 67 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
majority_seats	34
image1	[[File:François Duvalier (cropped).jpg	150px]]
leader1	François Duvalier
party1	National Unity Party (Haiti)
seats1	67
percentage1	100%

Parliamentary elections were held in Haiti on 30 April 1961. They followed the dissolution of Parliament by President François Duvalier and the abolition of the Senate, making the Chamber of Deputies a unicameral body. Duvalier's National Unity Party won all 67 seats in the elections, which were later re-interpreted as presidential elections in order to give Duvalier a six-year presidential term and avoid the need for scheduled presidential election in 1963.

For the first time in Haitian history, two women were elected as deputies: Madame Max Adolphe and Aviole Paul-Blanc.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p381 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p389
Nohlen, p376
''The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-65'', p1083
(14 May 1961). "First Women Deputies Sits In Unicameral". Haiti Sun.

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