1916 Guatemalan presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 17 January 1916. For the second successive election, Manuel Estrada Cabrera was re-elected unopposed. Despite there only being one candidate, voters were rounded up by the military and taken to polling stations, where they could only vote for Cabrera. Cabrera assumed the presidency on 15 March 1911.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Manuel Estrada Cabrera	Liberal Party	551,145	100
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		551,145	100
Source: Information Annual, 1916

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