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1928 Cuban presidential election

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1928 Cuban presidential election

← 1924
1 November 1928
1936 →
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Nominee Gerardo Machado
Party Liberal

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President before election

Gerardo Machado
Liberal

Elected President

Gerardo Machado
Liberal

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Presidential elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1928.[1] The non-democratic elections were won by incumbent President Gerardo Machado who was the only candidate.[2][3] Despite promising to govern only for one term, Machado ran for re-election in 1928.[4][5][6] The opposition was repressed.[4]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p197 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Fitzgibbon, Russell H.; Healey, H. Max (1936). "The Cuban Elections of 1936". American Political Science Review. 30 (4): 724–735. doi:10.2307/1947948. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1947948.
  3. ^ Nohlen, p215
  4. ^ a b "Gerardo Machado y Morales". Oxford Reference. 2025.
  5. ^ Benjamin, Jules R. (1975). "The Machadato and Cuban Nationalism, 1928-1932". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 55 (1): 66–91. doi:10.2307/2512737. ISSN 0018-2168.
  6. ^ Pérez, Louis A. (1974). "The Military and Political Aspects of the 1933 Cuban Revolution: The Fall of Machado". The Americas. 31 (2): 172–184. doi:10.2307/980637. ISSN 0003-1615.