Cuban general election, 1920

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Cuban general election, 1920
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  1916 1 November 1920 1924  

  Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso 1925.jpg Jose Miguel Gomez.jpg
Nominee Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso José Miguel Gómez
Party Popular Liberal
Popular vote148,278 124,739
Percentage28.77% 24.20%

President before election

Mario García Menocal
Conservative Party of Cuba

Elected President

Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
Cuban Popular Party

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General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1920. [1] Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso won the presidential election, whilst the National League (an alliance of the National Conservative Party and the Cuban Popular Party) emerged as the largest faction in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 59 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.

Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso President of Cuba

Alfredo de Zayas y Alfonso, usually known as Alfredo de Zayas under Spanish naming customs and also known as Alfredo Zayas, was a Cuban lawyer, poet and political figure. He served as prosecutor, judge, mayor of Havana, secretary of the Constitutional Convention, Senator 1905, president of the Senate 1906, Vice President of Cuba 1908–1913 and President of Cuba from May 20, 1921 to May 20, 1925.

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Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso Popular Party 148,278
José Miguel Gómez Liberal Party 124,739
Invalid/blank votes-
Total
Registered voters/turnout515,353
Source: Nohlen

Note that these figures do not include the results for Havana Province due to fraud and subsequent re-runs. [2]

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Popular Party 11
Liberal Party 2
Invalid/blank votes--
Total13
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats
National League31
Democratic-Liberal-Nationalist Coalition¹28
Invalid/blank votes--
Total59
Source: Nohlen

¹ The Democratic-Liberal-Nationalist Coalition was an alliance of the Liberal Party and the Democrat-Nationalist Party. All 28 seats were won by the Liberal Party. [3]

The Autonomist Liberal Party, renamed usually semplified in Liberal Party in 1898, was one of major parties from 1910 until the Cuban Revolution the late 1950s, when it was exiled.

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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
  2. Nohlen, p215
  3. Nohlen, p210