Cuban general election, 1912

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Cuban general election, 1912
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  1908 1 November 1912 1916  

  Portrait of Mario Garcia Menocal.jpg Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso 1925.jpg
Nominee Mario García Menocal Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote195,504 180,640

President before election

José Miguel Gómez
Liberal Party of Cuba

Elected President

Mario García Menocal
Conservative Party of Cuba

Coat of Arms of Cuba.svg
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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 independents), whilst the alliance also emerged as the largest faction in the House of Representatives, winning 26 of the 50 seats.

Cuba Country in the Caribbean

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet. It is east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Haiti and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The area of the Republic of Cuba is 110,860 square kilometres (42,800 sq mi). The island of Cuba is the largest island in Cuba and in the Caribbean, with an area of 105,006 square kilometres (40,543 sq mi), and the second-most populous after Hispaniola, with over 11 million inhabitants.

Mario García Menocal President of Cuba

Aurelio Mario Gabriel Francisco García Menocal y Deop was the 3rd President of Cuba, serving from 1913 to 1921. His terms as president saw Cuba's participation in World War I.

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Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mario García Menocal Conjunción Patriótica195,504
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso Liberal Party 180,640
Invalid/blank votes-
Total
Source: Nohlen

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Conjunción Patriótica11
Liberal Party 2
Invalid/blank votes--
Total13
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats
Conjunción Patriótica¹26
Liberal Party 24
Invalid/blank votes--
Total50
Source: Nohlen

¹ Of the Conjunción Patriótica's 26 seats, 18 were won by the National Conservative Party and 8 by the National Liberal Party.

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References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6