Cuban general election, 1920

1 November 1920



Nominee	Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso	José Miguel Gómez
Party	Popular	Liberal
Popular vote	148,278	124,739
Percentage	28.77%	24.20%

President before election

Mario García Menocal
Conservative Party of Cuba

Elected President

Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
Cuban Popular Party

Cuba

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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.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso	Popular Party	148,278
José Miguel Gómez	Liberal Party	124,739
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total
Registered voters/turnout		515,353
Source: Nohlen

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

Senate

Party	%	Seats
Popular Party		11
Liberal Party		2
Invalid/blank votes	-	-
Total		13
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party	%	Seats
National League		31
Democratic-Liberal-Nationalist Coalition¹		28
Invalid/blank votes	-	-
Total		59
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]

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p215
↑ Nohlen, p210

Elections and referendums in Cuba

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Referendums	1976

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