1916 Cuban general election

1916 Cuban general election

1 November 1916

Nominee Mario García Menocal Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso Party PNC Liberal

President before election Mario García Menocal PNC Elected President Mario García Menocal PNC

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

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

Party		Seats
	National Conservative Party	8
	Liberal Party of Cuba	4
Total		12
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party		Seats
	National Conservative Party	27
	Liberal Party of Cuba	27
	Unionist Liberal Party	4
	Provincial Liberal Party	2
Total		60
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p215
3. General Enoch H. Crowder to the Secretary of State Office of the Historian