Nicaraguan general election, 1916

A general elections were held in Nicaragua to elect a President, half of the Deputies and 1/3 the of the Senators on 6 October 1916.

Although the United States offered to assist President Adolfo Díaz to hold free elections in 1916, this offer was rejected. A verbal promise was obtained from President Adolfo Díaz, however, that the elections would be free.^[1] On 15 January 1916 the Secretary of State, Robert Lansing, had told the Conservative candidate Emiliano Chamorro Vargas that ‘the United States would view his candidacy with great pleasure’.^[2]

The liberals boycotted the 1916 election, and conservative Emiliano Chamorro Vargas was elected with no opposition.^[3]

Presidential election results^[4]

Candidate	Party/Alliance	Votes	%
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas	Conservative Party (PC)	58,810	100%
Total valid votes		58,810	100%
Spoilt and invalid votes		??	??
Total votes/Turnout		??	??
Registered voters		??	–
Population		600,000	–

Legislative election results

Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats/ Senate (1916)	Seats/ Chamber of Deputies (1916)	Seats/ Senate (total)	Seats/ Chamber of Deputies (total)
Conservative Party (PC)	58,810	100%	??	??	??	??
Total valid votes	58,810	100%	09	22	24	43
Spoilt and invalid votes	??	??	–	–	–	–
Total votes/Turnout	??	??	–	–	–	–
Registered voters	??	–	–	–	–	–
Population	600,000	–	–	–	–	–

References

1. ^ United States . Department of State. The United States and Nicaragua: a survey of the relations from 1909 to 1932. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1932. Pp. 11.
2. ^ MacRenato, Ternot. Somoza: seizure of power, 1926-1939. La Jolla: University of California, San Diego. 1991. Pp. 67.
3. ^ Merrill, Tim L., Nicaragua : a country study. Washington: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. 1994. Pp. 20.
4. ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.500.

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