1926 Nicaraguan parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Nicaragua in November 1926 to elect half of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one-third of the seats in the Senate of the National Congress.

"The congressional elections which were postponed awaiting the outcome of the Corinto Conference were held late in November [1926] except in the Departments of León, Chinandega, and Esteli, where the unsettled conditions made elections impossible." [1]

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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. 65.