General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1916. Mario GarcÃÂa Menocal was re-elected in the presidential election, whilst the National Conservative Party and the Liberal Party both won 27 seats in the House of Representatives.
Of the population of 2.6 million, only 796,636 â less than a third â were registered to vote. Of these 353,002 voted in the elections, a voter turnout of 44.31%.