1964 Haitian constitutional referendum

14 June 1964

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	2,800,000	99.88%
No	3,235	0.12%

Politics of Haiti


Constitution Constitutional Court Law
Legislature (Dysfunctional) Haitian Parliament Chamber of Deputies Senate
Executive President of Haiti (list) Transitional Presidential Council Prime Minister of Haiti (list) Alix Didier Fils-Aimé (interim) Cabinet
Judiciary Supreme Court of Haiti
Recent elections General: 2006 2010–11 Next Presidential: 2015 2016 (Feb) 2016 (Nov) Parliamentary: 2015–16 Senate: 2016–17 Electoral body: CEP
Administrative divisions Departments Arrondissements Communes Communal sections
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister Diplomatic missions of / in Haiti Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
Haiti portal Other countries
v t e

A constitutional referendum was held in Haiti on 14 June 1964 alongside general elections. The new constitution made President François "Papa Doc" Duvalier president for life, with absolute power and the right to name his successor. It also changed the country's flag from blue and red to black and red, with the black symbolising the country's ties to Africa.^[1]

The referendum was rigged,^[2] with all ballots already marked yes, and no limit on how many times each person could vote.^[1] A total of 2.8 million people voted for the proposal and only 3,235 against.^[3] The National Assembly approved the vote on 21 June and Duvalier was sworn in the following day.

Results

[edit]


Choice	Votes	%
For	2,800,000	99.88
Against	3,235	0.12
Total	2,803,235	100.00

Source: Nohlen^[3]

References

[edit]

^ ^a ^b Coleman, A. (2004) The devil you know: US-Haitian relations 1957-1968
^ Haiti - From Duvalier to Avril, 1957-89 Richard A. Haggerty, ed. Haiti: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1989
^ ^a ^b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p388 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

v t e Elections and referendums in Haiti
Presidential elections	1950 1957 1987 1988 1990 1995 2000 2006 2010–11 2015 2016 Next
Parliamentary elections	1790 1791 1801 1806 1817 1822 1827 1832 1837 1842 1843 1847 1852 1857 1862 1863 1867 1870 1873 1875 1879 1882 1887 1890 1893 1896 1899 1902 1905 1908 1911 1914 1917 1930 1932 1936 1940 1946 1950 1955 1957 1961 1964 1967 1973 1979 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990–91 1995 1997 2000 2006 2010–11 2015–16 Next
Senate elections	1808 1812 1815 1930 1932 1936 1940 1946 1950 1955 1957 1987 1988 1990–91 1993 1995 1997 2000 2006 2009 2010–11 2015–16 2016–17 Next
Local elections	1995 1997 2000 2006 2015 2017 2023
Referendums	1918 1928 1935 (Feb) 1935 (Jun) 1939 1961 1964 1971 1985 1987 2023