1936 Cuban general election

1936 Cuban general election

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Presidential election
 
Nominee Miguel Mariano Gómez Mario García Menocal
Party Tripartite Coalition CND
Popular vote 343,289 256,606

President before election

José Agripino Barnet
Liberal

Elected President

Miguel Mariano Gómez
Tripartite Coalition

General elections were held in Cuba on 10 January 1936.[1][2] Miguel Mariano Gómez of the Tripartite Coalition (an alliance of the Liberal Party, the Nationalist Union and Republican Action) won the presidential election, whilst the Coalition also emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives. The elections were the first in which women could vote,[3] and voter turnout was 67.1%.

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Miguel Mariano GómezTripartite Coalition (PL–UN–AR)343,289
Mario García MenocalDemocratic National Association256,606
Total
Total votes1,123,848
Registered voters/turnout1,675,81367.06
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party or allianceSeats
Tripartite CoalitionLiberal Party of Cuba10
Nationalist Union9
Republican Action5
Democratic National Association12
Total36
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Seven women were elected to the House of Representatives – Rosa Anders Causse, María Caro Más, María Gómez Carbonell, María Antonia Quintana Herrero, Balbina Remedios, Herminia Rodríguez Fernández and Consuelo Vázquez Bello – becoming the country's first Congresswomen.[3][4]

Party or allianceSeats
Tripartite CoalitionLiberal Party of Cuba35
Nationalist Union30
Republican Action25
Democratic National Association70
Cuban Unionist Party2
Total162
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p197 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Fitzgibbon, Russell H.; Healey, H. Max (1936). "The Cuban Elections of 1936". American Political Science Review. 30 (4): 724–735. doi:10.2307/1947948. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1947948. S2CID 146976235.
  3. ^ a b Elections and Events 1935-1951 The Library, UC San Diego
  4. ^ Velia Cecilia Bobes (2007) La nación inconclusa: (Re) constituciones de la ciudadanía y la identidad nacional en Cuba p236