1950 Haitian general election

1950 Haitian general election

8 October 1950
Presidential election
1957 →
 
Nominee Paul Magloire
Party Peasant Worker Movement
Popular vote 527,625
Percentage 100%

President before election

Franck Lavaud (Chairman of the Government Junta)
Military

Elected President

Paul Magloire
Peasant Worker Movement

General elections were held in Haiti on 8 October 1950 to elect the president and members of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies.[1] For the first time in history, the presidency was elected by public vote rather than by members of the Chamber of Deputies. The presidential term was set at six years with no possibility of extension or immediate re-election.

Paul Magloire was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was elected unopposed running under the Peasant Worker Movement banner.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p381 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p391