title: 1936 Cuban general election
text: # 1936 Cuban general election
  
  General elections were held in Cuba on 10 January 1936. 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, and voter turnout was 67.1%.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### President
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Miguel Mariano Gómez | Tripartite Coalition (PL–UN–AR) | 343,289 | |
  | | Mario García Menocal | Democratic National Association | 256,606 | |
  | Total | Total | Total | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,123,848 | – |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,675,813 | 67.06 |
  | Source: Nohlen |||||
  
  ### Senate
  
  | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tripartite Coalition | | Liberal Party of Cuba | 10 |
  | | Tripartite Coalition | | Nationalist Union | 9 |
  | | Tripartite Coalition | | Republican Action | 5 |
  | | Democratic National Association | Democratic National Association | Democratic National Association | 12 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 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.
  
  | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tripartite Coalition | | Liberal Party of Cuba | 35 |
  | | Tripartite Coalition | | Nationalist Union | 30 |
  | | Tripartite Coalition | | Republican Action | 25 |
  | | Democratic National Association | Democratic National Association | Democratic National Association | 70 |
  | | Cuban Unionist Party | Cuban Unionist Party | Cuban Unionist Party | 2 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 162 |
  | Source: Nohlen |||||
  