1936 Cuban general election

1936 Cuban general election

10 January 1936

Presidential election

Nominee Miguel Mariano Gómez Mario García Menocal Party Tripartite Coalition CND Popular vote 343,289 256,606

President before election José Agripino Barnet Liberal Elected President Miguel Mariano Gómez Tripartite Coalition

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 Nationalist Union and Republican Action) 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–UN–AR)	343,289
	Mario García Menocal	Democratic National Association	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
			Nationalist Union	9
			Republican Action	5
	Democratic National Association			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
			Nationalist Union	30
			Republican Action	25
	Democratic National Association			70
	Cuban Unionist Party			2
Total				162
Source: Nohlen

References

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. JSTOR 1947948. S2CID 146976235.
3. Elections and Events 1935-1951 Archived 2021-03-23 at the Wayback Machine 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