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 |
Leader1: | François Duvalier |
Party1: | National Unity Party (Haiti) |
Seats1: | 67 |
Percentage1: | 100% |
Parliamentary elections were held in Haiti on 30 April 1961.[1] 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,[2] 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.[3] [4]
For the first time in Haitian history, two women were elected as deputies: Madame Max Adolphe and Aviole Paul-Blanc.[5]