Election Name: | 1912 Cuban general election |
Country: | Cuba |
Type: | presidential |
Election Date: | 1 November 1912 |
Previous Election: | 1908 Cuban general election |
Previous Year: | 1908 |
Next Election: | 1916 Cuban general election |
Next Year: | 1916 |
Image1: | Portrait of Mario García Menocal.jpg |
Nominee1: | Mario García Menocal |
Party1: | Conjunción Patriótica |
Color1: | 008000 |
Popular Vote1: | 195,504 |
Nominee2: | Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso |
Party2: | Liberal Party of Cuba |
Popular Vote2: | 180,640 |
President | |
Before Election: | José Miguel Gómez |
Before Party: | Liberal Party of Cuba |
After Election: | Mario García Menocal |
After Party: | Conjunción Patriótica |
General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1912.[1] Mario García Menocal won the presidential election running under the Conjunción Patriótica banner (an alliance of the National Conservative Party and the National Liberal Party), whilst the alliance also emerged as the largest faction in the House of Representatives, winning 26 of the 50 seats.