Election Name: | 1916 Cuban general election |
Country: | Cuba |
Type: | presidential |
Election Date: | 1 November 1916 |
Previous Election: | 1912 Cuban general election |
Previous Year: | 1912 |
Next Election: | 1920 Cuban general election |
Next Year: | 1920 |
Image1: | Portrait of Mario García Menocal.jpg |
Nominee1: | Mario García Menocal |
Party1: | National Conservative Party (Cuba) |
Nominee2: | Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso |
Party2: | Liberal Party of Cuba |
President | |
Before Election: | Mario García Menocal |
Before Party: | National Conservative Party (Cuba) |
After Election: | Mario García Menocal |
After Party: | National Conservative Party (Cuba) |
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.
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]