1916 Cuban general election
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General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1916.[1] Mario García Menocal was re-elected in the presidential election,[2] whilst the National Conservative Party and the Liberal Party both won 27 seats in the House of Representatives.
Results
[edit]Of the population of 2.6 million, only 796,636 – less than a third – were registered to vote. Of these 353,002 voted in the elections, a voter turnout of 44.31%.[3]
Senate
[edit]Party | Seats | |
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National Conservative Party | 8 | |
Liberal Party of Cuba | 4 | |
Total | 12 | |
Source: Nohlen |
House of Representatives
[edit]Party | Seats | |
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National Conservative Party | 27 | |
Liberal Party of Cuba | 27 | |
Unionist Liberal Party | 4 | |
Provincial Liberal Party | 2 | |
Total | 60 | |
Source: Nohlen |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p215
- ^ General Enoch H. Crowder to the Secretary of State Office of the Historian