1916 Nicaraguan general election

General elections were held in Nicaragua on 6 October 1916 to elect a President, half of the Deputies and one-third of the Senators of National Congress of Nicaragua.

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Although the United States offered to assist President Adolfo Díaz to hold free elections in 1916, this offer was rejected. A verbal promise was obtained from President Adolfo Díaz, however, that the elections would be free.[1] On 15 January 1916 the Secretary of State, Robert Lansing, had told the Conservative candidate Emiliano Chamorro Vargas that 'the United States would view his candidacy with great pleasure'.[2]

The liberals boycotted the 1916 election, and conservative Emiliano Chamorro Vargas was elected with no opposition.[3]

Results

President
CandidatePartyVotes%
Emiliano Chamorro VargasConservative Party58,810100.00
Total58,810100.00
Source: Nohlen[4]

References
  1. United States . Department of State. The United States and Nicaragua: a survey of the relations from 1909 to 1932. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1932. pp. 11.
  2. MacRenato, Ternot. Somoza: seizure of power, 1926–1939. La Jolla: University of California, San Diego. 1991. pp. 67.
  3. Merrill, Tim L., Nicaragua : a country study. Washington: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. 1994. pp. 20.
  4. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. pp.500.

Bibliography
  • Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.
  • Kamman, William. A search for stability: United States diplomacy toward Nicaragua 1925–1933. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. 1968.
  • MacRenato, Ternot. Somoza: seizure of power, 1926–1939. La Jolla: University of California, San Diego. 1991.
  • Merrill, Tim L., Nicaragua : a country study. Washington: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. 1994.
  • Munro, Dana G. The United States and the Caribbean republics, 1921–1933. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1974.
  • Smith, Hazel. Nicaragua: self-determination and survival. London : Pluto Press. 1993.
  • Schooley, Helen. Conflict in Central America. Harlow: Longman. 1987.
  • United States . Department of State. The United States and Nicaragua: a survey of the relations from 1909 to 1932. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1932.
  • Vargas, Oscar-René. Elecciones presidenciales en Nicaragua, 1912–1932: análisis socio-político. Managua: Fundación Manolo Morales. 1989.
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