1914 Cuban parliamentary election explained
Midterm parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1914 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives,[1] as well as a single seat in the Senate. The National Conservative Party was the biggest winner, taking 22 of the 49 House seats and the sole Senate seat.
Results
House of Representatives
National Conservative Party (NCP)
- Gustavo Pino
- Raul de Cardenas (Incumbent)
- Miguel Coyula (Incumbent)
- Alfredo Betancourt Manduley
- Federico G. Morales (Incumbent)
- Felipe Gonzalez Sarrain (Incumbent)
- Gonzalo Freyre de Andrade
Liberal Party of Cuba (LPC)
- Eugenio L. Azpiazo
- Generoso Campos Marquetti
- Juan Gualberto Gómez
- Benito Lagueruela
- Carlos Guas Pagueras
Unionist Liberal Party (ULP)
- Manuel Varona Suárez
- Miguel Maniano Gómez
- Enrique Roig (Incumbent)
Cuban National Party (CNP)
National Conservative Party!Candidates*!Status!Votes**Wifredo Fernández Vega | | 36,940 |
Francisco Galatas Errasti | | 25,047 |
José Baldor Valdés | | 25,122 |
Narciso Camejo Pimienta | | 10,030 |
Alfonso Masón García | | 8,879 | |
Liberal Party of Cuba!Candidates!Status!VotesArmando del Pino Sandrino | | 22,708 |
Estanislao Cartañá Borrell | | 17,927 |
Ramón Vidal Díaz | | 17,700 |
José Lazo Rodríguez | | 7,156 |
Alfredo Veliz Muñoz | | 9,690 | |
Unionist Liberal Party!Candidates!Status!VotesCésar Madrid Vega | | 5,515 |
Ramón Hernández | | 9,082 |
Virgilio Rayneri | | 7,488 |
Modesto Gómez Rubio | | 6,920 |
Ibrahim Urquiaga Arrastía | | 7,963 | |
National Conservative Party!Candidates!Status!VotesGustavo G. Menocal Deon | | 19,434 |
Domingo Lecuona Mádam | | 21,761 |
Alfredo González Benard | | 17,474 |
Miguel Arango Mantilla | | 18,521 |
Eduardo García Vigoa | | 14,872 | |
Liberal Party of Cuba!Candidates!Status!VotesNemesio Busto Delgado | | 14,614 |
Juan Gronlier Sardiñas | | 16,006 |
Celso Cuóllar del Rio*** | | 17,452 |
Francisco Santiago Hernández | | 13,056 |
Antonio Génova de Zayas | | 11,975 | |
- Diario de la Marina places Celso with the Liberal Party of Cuba, while Crónica Cubana places him with the Liberal Unionist Party.
Liberal Unionist Party!Candidates!Status!VotesAgustín Mederos Lens | | 13,068 |
Enrique González Gómez | | 6,116 |
Silverio Sánchez Figueras | | 10,067 |
Roque E. Garrigó Salido | | 11,385 |
Fidel Fundora Vega | | 15,373 | |
National Conservative Party!Candidates!Status!VotesJoaquín R. Torralbas de la Cruz | | 24,012 |
Manuel Rivero Gándara | | 48,096 |
Antonio Cazañas Gómez | | 36,029 |
Juan Jiménez Casto Palomino | | 33,710 |
Oscar Soto Calderón de la Barc | | 26,509 |
Rafael L. Mariscal Domínguez | | 22,421 |
Carlos Robau López | | 33,953 |
Rafael Cabrera Sánchez | | 29,326 |
José A. Hernández Fales | | 26,534 |
Pedro Pamps Camps | | 39,107 |
Justo Carrillo Morales | | 41,234 | |
Liberal Unionist Party!Candidates!Status!VotesOrestes Ferrara Marino | | 54,347 |
Andrés García Santiago | | 36,550 |
Antonio Calvo Cárdenas | | 19,553 |
Roberto Méndez Peñate | | 47,868 |
Manuel J. Delgado Delgado | | 23,195 |
André Calleja Capote | | 24,038 |
Ricardo Campos Martínez | | 38,504 |
Mario García Madrigal | | 23,880 |
Fernando J. del Pino | | 27,811 |
Pablo Lezcano Larrondo | | 24,019 |
Juan Fuentes Borges | | 19,219 | |
Liberal Party of Cuba!Candidates!Status!VotesEduardo Guzmán Macías | | 2,006 |
Carlos Calonga López | | 3,890 |
Félix Arias Segrera | | 1,225 |
Casimiro Haya Serrano | | 2,603 |
Fortunato Sánchez Osorio | | 1,139 |
Ernesto Collado Castillo | | 1,108 |
Manuel J. de Carrerá Sterling | | 1,193 |
Isidoro Tristá Pérez | | 1,541 |
Antonio Rojas Oria | | 1,446 |
Juan A. Espinosa Espinosa | | 1,182 |
Andrés Pereira Torres | | 1,244 | |
Other Elected Representatives of Santa Clara Province
- Roberto Mendez Pendant (ULP)
National Conservative Party!Candidates!Status!VoteLuis A. Milanés Tamayo | | 38,801 |
Manuel Giraudy Vivar | | 32,255 |
Miguel López García | | 31,199 |
Pablo G. Menocal Deop | | 36,366 |
Calixto Enamorado | | 27,616 |
Francisco Alvarez Lago | | 23,053 |
Juan P. Sánchez Silveira | | 18,769 |
Wilfredo Albanés Peña | | 29,024 |
Arístides García Gómez | | 26,233 |
Félix del Prado Jiménez | | 35,696 |
Francisco Gutiérrez Barroso | | 25,378 |
Eduardo González Manet | | 30,124 | |
Liberal Party of Cuba!Candidates!Status!VotesSebastián Planas Mojena | | 26,614 |
Arturo de Feria Salazar | | 32,499 |
Justo R. Canipiña | | 20,111 |
Manuel León Valdés | | 32,227 |
Manuel Plana Rodriguez del Rey | | 26,839 |
Enrique Samuel Duany | | 30,046 |
Ibrahím Arias Gutiérrez | | 30,689 |
Idelfonso Llamas Cobos | | 17,931 |
Alberto Duboy Castillo | | 27,078 |
José R. Barceló Reyes | | 37,788 |
Alberto Castellanos | | 19,065 |
Rogelio Robianas Arquimbau | | 20,457 | |
Other Elected Representatives of Oriente Province- Manuel Diaz Ramirez (Liberal Provincial)
- Eduardo Beltran Moreno (Liberal Provincial)
- Julio C. del Castillo (LPC) (Incumbent)
- Aurelio Alvarez (NCP)
- Underline indicates that a candidate was elected to a seat in the Senate.
- Votes come from a source that reported on November 6, and may not have been completely tabulated at the time of reporting.
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Allegations of Fraud
Although there were initial reportings of a steady and well-organized election, later information would come to dispute that, starting with a controversy regarding whether or not President Mario Menocal should have been allowed to vote, due to him having failed to register in the district that he lived in.[4] Later evidence would come forth showing an election that was tampered with ballot harvesting and voter fraud.
As reported by the Journal Gazette, allegations of fraud were rampant following the conclusion of the election. It was reported that there was a <10% voter turnout, yet the La Habana Province saw a voter turnout of 1,200,000, despite the fact that 7 years prior, the entire population of Cuba was barely above 2,000,000 people.[5] Votes were alleged to be sold in lots for $200. Despite calls for an annulment of the election due to fraud, the election was not recalled.[6] It is generally believed that the election was, at least in party, fraudulent. The Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record, while not reporting fraud, echoed similar concerns of inconsistency and suspicion regarding population issues in La Habana province.[7]
The Baltimore Sun reported similar claims. 2 days after the election, the 10% voter turnout statistics had been leaked. It was also recorded that some of the alleged voter fraud contained the names of dead men, such as Evaristo Estenoz, who had died a 4 years before the election during the Negro Rebellion. Later, it was reported that the Senate had failed to fill a quorum, and a message written by President Menocal regarding the state of the agricultural sector's economy.[8] Earlier in the year, the Sun had reported on fraudulent votes within the senate, stating that in the process to elect a Speaker of the House back on August 31 had 3 more votes cast than there were members in Congress, leading to more suspicion that the 1914 nationwide election could have been tampered with.[9]
Official Vote Count of La Habana Province**!Party!VotesNational Conservative Party | 349,115 |
Liberal Party of Cuba | 338,086 |
Liberal Unionist Party | 253,239 |
National Party of Cuba | 89,130 |
Federal Worker's Party | 10,773 |
Republican Party | 36,380 |
Party for Morale | 23,893 | |
Notes and References
- [Dieter Nohlen]
- News: 6 Nov 1914 . Año LXXXII Número 307 Edición de la mañana . Spanish . 8 . . 17 Feb 2023.
- Web site: Primelles . Leon . 1955 . Crónica cubana 1915-1918 . archive.org . Talleres Tipográficos de Editorial Lex . 45–47 . es.
- News: 2 Nov 1914 . Cuba's Election Tranquil . 1 . . 19 Feb 2023.
- Web site: Censos en Cuba . Census in Cuba . es . National Office of Statistics of Cuba . 24 February 2014 . 10 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130310062720/http://www.one.cu/publicaciones/cepde/plegablecenso/Plegable%20Censo%20Sitio.pdf . dead .
- News: 7 Nov 1914 . Frauds in Cuban Election . 5 . . 18 Feb 2023.
- News: 13 Nov 1914 . Cuba Election Report . 4 . Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record . 19 Feb 2023.
- News: 3 Nov 1914 . Cuban Election Farce . 1 . . 18 Feb 2023.
- News: 1 Sep 1914 . Congress Ballot "Stuffed" . 14 . . 19 Feb 2023.