1936 Cuban general election

General elections were held in Cuba on 10 January 1936.^[1]^[2] Miguel Mariano Gómez of the Tripartite Coalition (an alliance of the Liberal Party, the and ) won the presidential election, whilst the Coalition also emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives. The elections were the first in which women could vote,^[3] and voter turnout was 67.1%.

Results[]

President[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Miguel Mariano Gómez	Tripartite Coalition (PL––)	343,289
	Mario García Menocal		256,606
Total

Total votes			1,123,848	–
Registered voters/turnout			1,675,813	67.06
Source: Nohlen

Senate[]


Party or alliance			Seats
	Tripartite Coalition	Liberal Party of Cuba	10
			9
			5
			12
Total			36

Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives[]

Seven women were elected to the House of Representatives – Rosa Anders Causse, María Caro Más, María Gómez Carbonell, María Antonia Quintana Herrero, Balbina Remedios, Herminia Rodríguez Fernández and Consuelo Vázquez Bello – becoming the country's first Congresswomen.^[3]^[4]


Party or alliance			Seats
	Tripartite Coalition	Liberal Party of Cuba	35
			30
			25
			70
			2
Total			162

Source: Nohlen

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p197 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Fitzgibbon, Russell H.; Healey, H. Max (1936). "The Cuban Elections of 1936". American Political Science Review. 30 (4): 724–735. doi:10.2307/1947948. ISSN 0003-0554.
^ ^a ^b Elections and Events 1935-1951 The Library, UC San Diego
^ Velia Cecilia Bobes (2007) La nación inconclusa: (Re) constituciones de la ciudadanía y la identidad nacional en Cuba p236

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p197 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Fitzgibbon, Russell H.; Healey, H. Max (1936). "The Cuban Elections of 1936". American Political Science Review. 30 (4): 724–735. doi:10.2307/1947948. ISSN 0003-0554.

[UCSD-3] Elections and Events 1935-1951 The Library, UC San Diego

[4] Velia Cecilia Bobes (2007) La nación inconclusa: (Re) constituciones de la ciudadanía y la identidad nacional en Cuba p236

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