A presidential referendum in

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

was held on 30 April 1961 alongside

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.Le Nouvelliste, 3 May 1961
/ref> Voters were asked whether President

François Duvalier François Duvalier (; 14 April 190721 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician of French Martiniquan descent who served as the President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. He was elected president in the 1957 general election on ...

should remain in office for a further six years. The official count was 1,320,748 votes in favor of Duvalier and none against. ''

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'' wrote that "Latin America has witnessed many fraudulent elections throughout its history but none has been more outrageous than the one which has just taken place in Haiti."Abbott, Elizabeth (1988). ''Haiti: An insider's history of the rise and fall of the Duvaliers.'' Simon & Schuster. p. 103

Results

References

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Elections in Haiti

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