General elections were held in Honduras in October 1916.[1]Francisco Bertrand of the Nationalist Party was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was elected unopposed.[2] As the incumbent, Bertrand had been constitutionally barred from contesting the elections, but had avoided the rule by resigning in favour of the his vice president three months before the election.[3]
^Wright, TP (1960) "Honduras: a case study of United States support of free elections in Central America" Hispanic American Historical Review 40, 2:212-223, pp 214
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