Election Name: | 1979 Haitian parliamentary election |
Country: | Haiti |
Flag Year: | 1964 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1973 Haitian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1973 |
Election Date: | 11 February 1979 |
Next Election: | 1984 Haitian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1984 |
Seats For Election: | All 58 seats in the Chamber of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 30 |
Leader1: | Jean-Claude Duvalier |
Colour1: | 000000 |
Party1: | National Unity Party |
Last Election1: | 58 |
Seats1: | 57 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Map Size: | 100px |
Parliamentary elections were held in Haiti on 11 February 1979.[1] Around 300 candidates contested the election, almost all of whom were supporters of President Jean-Claude Duvalier. All but one of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies were won by candidates of the National Unity Party (the sole legal party at the time), whilst the other was won by an independent in Cap-Haïtien.[1]