1916 Guatemalan presidential election explained
| Country: | Guatemala |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1910 Guatemalan presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1910 |
| Next Election: | April 1920 Guatemalan presidential election |
| Next Year: | April 1920 |
| Election Date: | 17 January 1916 |
| Image1: | HomagetoaPatriotManuelEstradaCabrera crop.jpg |
| Popular Vote1: | 415,052 |
| Percentage1: | 100% |
| Party1: | Liberal Party (Guatemala) |
| President |
| Before Election: | Manuel Estrada Cabrera |
| Before Party: | Liberal Party (Guatemala) |
| Posttitle: | President-elect |
| After Election: | Manuel Estrada Cabrera |
| After Party: | Liberal Party (Guatemala) |
Presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 17 January 1916. For the second successive election, Manuel Estrada Cabrera was re-elected unopposed.[1] [2] Despite there only being one candidate, voters were rounded up by the military and taken to polling stations, where they could only vote for Cabrera.[3] Cabrera assumed the presidency on 15 March 1911.
Bibliography
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- González Davison, Fernando. El régimen Liberal en Guatemala (1871–1944). Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. 1987.
- Dosal, Paul J. Power in transition: the rise of Guatemala's industrial oligarchy, 1871–1994. Westport: Praeger. 1995.
- Holden, Robert H. Armies without nations: public violence and state formation in Central America, 1821–1960. New York: Oxford University Press. 2004.
- Taracena Arriola, Arturo. "Liberalismo y poder político en Centroamérica (1870–1929).” Historia general de Centroamérica . 1994. San José: FLACSO. Volume 4.
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- Rendón, Catherine. "El gobierno de Manuel Estrada Cabrera". Historia general de Guatemala. 1993–1999. Guatemala: Asociación de Amigos del País, Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo. Volume 5. 1996.
Notes and References
- Calvert, Peter (1985) Guatemala : a nation in turmoil Boulder: Westview Pres p69
- Information Annual, 1916: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events. 1917, p297
- Munro, Dana G (1967) The five republics of Central America New York: Russell & Russell, pp. 55–56
