1936 Cuban general election
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%.
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Mariano Gómez | Tripartite Coalition (PL–UN–AR) | 343,289 | ||
| Mario García Menocal | Democratic National Association | 256,606 | ||
| Total | ||||
| Total votes | 1,123,848 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,675,813 | 67.06 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Senate
| Party or alliance | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripartite Coalition | Liberal Party of Cuba | 10 | ||
| Nationalist Union | 9 | |||
| Republican Action | 5 | |||
| Democratic National Association | 12 | |||
| Total | 36 | |||
| 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 alliance | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripartite Coalition | Liberal Party of Cuba | 35 | ||
| Nationalist Union | 30 | |||
| Republican Action | 25 | |||
| Democratic National Association | 70 | |||
| Cuban Unionist Party | 2 | |||
| Total | 162 | |||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p197 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- 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.
- Elections and Events 1935-1951 The Library, UC San Diego
- Velia Cecilia Bobes (2007) La nación inconclusa: (Re) constituciones de la ciudadanía y la identidad nacional en Cuba p236
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