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.

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Emiliano Chamorro Vargas	Conservative Party	58,810	100.00
Total			58,810	100.00
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.

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