1914 Cuban parliamentary election

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Midterm parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1914 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives, [1] as well as a single seat in the Senate. The National Conservative Party was the biggest winner, taking 22 of the 49 House seats and the sole Senate seat.

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Results

House of Representatives

PartySeats
National Conservative Party 22
Liberal Party of Cuba 15
Unionist Liberal Party 9
Provincial Liberal Party 2
Cuban National Party 1
Total49
Source: Nohlen

Candidates for Representatives of La Habana Province

National Conservative Party (NCP)

  • Gustavo Pino
  • Raul de Cardenas (Incumbent)
  • Miguel Coyula (Incumbent)
  • Alfredo Betancourt Manduley
  • Federico G. Morales (Incumbent)
  • Felipe Gonzalez Sarrain (Incumbent)
  • Gonzalo Freyre de Andrade

Liberal Party of Cuba (LPC)

  • Eugenio L. Azpiazo
  • Generoso Campos Marquetti
  • Juan Gualberto Gómez
  • Benito Lagueruela
  • Carlos Guas Pagueras

Unionist Liberal Party (ULP)

  • Manuel Varona Suárez
  • Miguel Maniano Gómez
  • Enrique Roig (Incumbent)

Cuban National Party (CNP)

  • José d'Estrampes

Candidates for Representatives of Pinar del Rio Province

National Conservative Party
Candidates*StatusVotes**
Wifredo Fernández VegaIncumbent Winner36,940
Francisco Galatas ErrastiWon Race25,047
José Baldor ValdésWon Race25,122
Narciso Camejo PimientaLost Race10,030
Alfonso Masón GarcíaLost Race8,879
Liberal Party of Cuba
CandidatesStatusVotes
Armando del Pino SandrinoWon Race22,708
Estanislao Cartañá BorrellWon Race17,927
Ramón Vidal DíazLost Race17,700
José Lazo RodríguezLost Race7,156
Alfredo Veliz MuñozLost Race9,690
Unionist Liberal Party
CandidatesStatusVotes
César Madrid VegaLost Race5,515
Ramón HernándezLost Race9,082
Virgilio RayneriLost Race7,488
Modesto Gómez RubioLost Race6,920
Ibrahim Urquiaga ArrastíaLost Race7,963

Candidates for Representatives of Matanzas Province

National Conservative Party
CandidatesStatusVotes
Gustavo G. Menocal DeonIncumbent Winner19,434
Domingo Lecuona MádamWon Race21,761
Alfredo González BenardIncumbent Loser17,474
Miguel Arango MantillaIncumbent Loser18,521
Eduardo García VigoaLost Race14,872
Liberal Party of Cuba
CandidatesStatusVotes
Nemesio Busto DelgadoIncumbent Loser14,614
Juan Gronlier SardiñasWon Race16,006
Celso Cuóllar del Rio***Incumbent Winner17,452
Francisco Santiago HernándezLost Race13,056
Antonio Génova de ZayasIncumbent Loser11,975

***Diario de la Marina places Celso with the Liberal Party of Cuba, while Crónica Cubana places him with the Liberal Unionist Party.

Liberal Unionist Party
CandidatesStatusVotes
Agustín Mederos LensLost Race13,068
Enrique González GómezLost Race6,116
Silverio Sánchez FiguerasLost Race10,067
Roque E. Garrigó SalidoLost Race11,385
Fidel Fundora VegaWon Race15,373

Candidates for Representatives of Santa Clara Province

National Conservative Party
CandidatesStatusVotes
Joaquín R. Torralbas de la CruzIncumbent Loser24,012
Manuel Rivero GándaraIncumbent Winner48,096
Antonio Cazañas GómezLost Race36,029
Juan Jiménez Casto PalominoLost Race33,710
Oscar Soto Calderón de la BarcIncumbent Loser26,509
Rafael L. Mariscal DomínguezLost Race22,421
Carlos Robau LópezIncumbent Winner33,953
Rafael Cabrera SánchezLost Race29,326
José A. Hernández FalesLost Race26,534
Pedro Pamps CampsLost Race39,107
Justo Carrillo MoralesWon Race41,234
Liberal Unionist Party
CandidatesStatusVotes
Orestes Ferrara MarinoIncumbent Winner54,347
Andrés García SantiagoIncumbent Winner36,550
Antonio Calvo CárdenasLost Race19,553
Roberto Méndez PeñateLost Race47,868
Manuel J. Delgado DelgadoIncumbent Loser23,195
André Calleja CapoteLost Race24,038
Ricardo Campos MartínezLost Race38,504
Mario García MadrigalLost Race23,880
Fernando J. del PinoLost Race27,811
Pablo Lezcano LarrondoLost Race24,019
Juan Fuentes BorgesLost Race19,219
Liberal Party of Cuba
CandidatesStatusVotes
Eduardo Guzmán MacíasIncumbent Loser2,006
Carlos Calonga LópezLost Race3,890
Félix Arias SegreraLost Race1,225
Casimiro Haya SerranoLost Race2,603
Fortunato Sánchez OsorioLost Race1,139
Ernesto Collado CastilloLost Race1,108
Manuel J. de Carrerá SterlingLost Race1,193
Isidoro Tristá PérezLost Race1,541
Antonio Rojas OriaLost Race1,446
Juan A. Espinosa EspinosaLost Race1,182
Andrés Pereira TorresLost Race1,244

Other Elected Representatives of Santa Clara Province

  • Roberto Mendez Pendant (ULP)

Candidates for Representatives in Oriente Province

National Conservative Party
CandidatesStatusVote
Luis A. Milanés TamayoWon Race38,801
Manuel Giraudy VivarWon Race32,255
Miguel López GarcíaLost Race31,199
Pablo García Menocal Deop Won Race36,366
Calixto EnamoradoWon Race27,616
Francisco Alvarez LagoLost Race23,053
Juan P. Sánchez SilveiraLost Race18,769
Wilfredo Albanés PeñaLost Race29,024
Arístides García GómezLost Race26,233
Félix del Prado JiménezWon Race35,696
Francisco Gutiérrez BarrosoLost Race25,378
Eduardo González ManetLost Race30,124
Liberal Party of Cuba
CandidatesStatusVotes
Sebastián Planas MojenaWon Race26,614
Arturo de Feria SalazarWon Race32,499
Justo R. CanipiñaIncumbent Loser20,111
Manuel León ValdésWon Race32,227
Manuel Plana Rodriguez del ReyLost Race26,839
Enrique Samuel DuanyWon Race30,046
Ibrahím Arias GutiérrezLost Race30,689
Idelfonso Llamas CobosLost Race17,931
Alberto Duboy CastilloLost Race27,078
José R. Barceló ReyesWon Race37,788
Alberto CastellanosLost Race19,065
Rogelio Robianas ArquimbauLost Race20,457

Other Elected Representatives of Oriente Province

  • Manuel Diaz Ramirez (Liberal Provincial)
  • Eduardo Beltran Moreno (Liberal Provincial)

Elected Representatives of Camagüey Province

  • Julio C. del Castillo (LPC) (Incumbent)
  • Aurelio Alvarez (NCP)


* Underline indicates that a candidate was elected to a seat in the Senate.

** Votes come from a source that reported on November 6, and may not have been completely tabulated at the time of reporting.

[2] [3]

Allegations of Fraud

Although there were initial reportings of a steady and well-organized election, later information would come to dispute that, starting with a controversy regarding whether or not President Mario Menocal should have been allowed to vote, due to him having failed to register in the district that he lived in. [4] Later evidence would come forth showing an election that was tampered with ballot harvesting and voter fraud.

As reported by the Journal Gazette, allegations of fraud were rampant following the conclusion of the election. It was reported that there was a <10% voter turnout, yet the La Habana Province saw a voter turnout of 1,200,000, despite the fact that 7 years prior, the entire population of Cuba was barely above 2,000,000 people. [5] Votes were alleged to be sold in lots for $200. Despite calls for an annulment of the election due to fraud, the election was not recalled. [6] It is generally believed that the election was, at least in party, fraudulent. The Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record, while not reporting fraud, echoed similar concerns of inconsistency and suspicion regarding population issues in La Habana province. [7]

The Baltimore Sun reported similar claims. 2 days after the election, the 10% voter turnout statistics had been leaked. It was also recorded that some of the alleged voter fraud contained the names of dead men, such as Evaristo Estenoz, who had died a 4 years before the election during the Negro Rebellion. Later, it was reported that the Senate had failed to fill a quorum, and a message written by President Menocal regarding the state of the agricultural sector's economy. [8] Earlier in the year, the Sun had reported on fraudulent votes within the senate, stating that in the process to elect a Speaker of the House back on August 31 had 3 more votes cast than there were members in Congress, leading to more suspicion that the 1914 nationwide election could have been tampered with. [9]

Official Vote Count of La Habana Province** [2]
PartyVotes
National Conservative Party349,115
Liberal Party of Cuba338,086
Liberal Unionist Party253,239
National Party of Cuba89,130
Federal Worker's Party10,773
Republican Party36,380
Party for Morale23,893

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. 1 2 "Año LXXXII Número 307 Edición de la mañana". Diario de la Marina (in Spanish). 6 Nov 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 17 Feb 2023.
  3. ↑ Primelles, Leon (1955). "Crónica cubana 1915-1918". archive.org (in Spanish). Talleres Tipográficos de Editorial Lex. pp. 45–47.
  4. ↑ "Cuba's Election Tranquil". The Washington Post . 2 Nov 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 19 Feb 2023.
  5. ↑ "Censos en Cuba" [Census in Cuba](PDF) (in Spanish). National Office of Statistics of Cuba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Frauds in Cuban Election". Journal Gazette . 7 Nov 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 18 Feb 2023.
  7. ↑ "Cuba Election Report". Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record. 13 Nov 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 19 Feb 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cuban Election Farce". The Baltimore Sun . 3 Nov 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 18 Feb 2023.
  9. ↑ "Congress Ballot "Stuffed"". The Baltimore Sun . 1 Sep 1914. p. 14. Retrieved 19 Feb 2023.
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