General elections were held in

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on 10 January 1936.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p197

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of the Tripartite Coalition (an alliance of the

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, the

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and Republican Action) won the presidential election, whilst the Coalition also emerged as the largest party in the

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. The elections were the first in which women could vote,Elections and Events 1935-1951
The Library, UC San Diego and voter turnout was 67.1%.

Results

President

Senate

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,

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and Consuelo Vázquez Bello – becoming the country's first Congresswomen.Velia Cecilia Bobes (2007
''La nación inconclusa: (Re) constituciones de la ciudadanía y la identidad nacional en Cuba''
p236

References

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