General elections were held in Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

 on 17 January 1988, after the Haitian presidential election, 1987

Haitian presidential election, 1987

The 1987 Haitian presidential election took place on 29 November 1987. The election was cancelled after troops led by Service d'Intelligence National member Col Jean Claude Paul massacred 30 - 300 voters on election day. Jimmy Carter later wrote that "Citizens who lined up to vote were mowed down...

 had been cancelled due to an election day massacre of voters either orchestrated or condoned by the Haitian military. The elections were boycotted by most candidates who had contested the previous elections and turnout was lower than 4%. The result was a victory for Leslie Manigat

Leslie Manigat

Leslie François Saint Roc Manigat was elected president of Haiti by a tightly controlled military held election in January 1988.-In education:...

 of the Rally of Progressive National Democrats

Rally of Progressive National Democrats

The Rally of Progressive National Democrats is a political party in Haiti. In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Leslie Manigat won 12.4 % of the popular vote. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate elections 10.7 % of the popular vote and only 1 out of 30 Senators...

. However, he was removed from office within a few months.

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Leslie Manigat Leslie Manigat Leslie François Saint Roc Manigat was elected president of Haiti by a tightly controlled military held election in January 1988.-In education:...	Rally of Progressive National Democrats Rally of Progressive National Democrats The Rally of Progressive National Democrats is a political party in Haiti. In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Leslie Manigat won 12.4 % of the popular vote. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate elections 10.7 % of the popular vote and only 1 out of 30 Senators...	534,110	50.2
Hubert de Ronceray	Movement for National Development	209,526	19.7
Gérard Philippe Auguste		151,391	14.2
Grégoire Eugène	Social Christian Party	97,556	9.2
Alphonse Lahèns		34,371	3.2
Michel Lamartinière Honorat		16,550	1.6
Jean Théagène		15,113	1.4
Hugo Noël		2,892	0.3
Arnold Dumas		1,264	0.1
Hector Estimé		471	0.0
Dieuveuil Joseph		149	0.0
Lysias Verret		77	0.0
Edouard Francisque		59	0.0
Raphaël François		8	0.0
Invalid/blank votes
Total		1,063,537	100
Source: Nohlen