General elections were held in the Dominican Republic in 1914. Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra was elected president, defeating Horacio Vásquez and Luis Felipe Vidal.
Results
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editThe president was elected in a two-stage process, with voters electing an electoral college, which then elected the president. Different publications give different figures for the public vote; the El Radical newspaper published final results on 1 December 1914 with Vásquez' Red Party and the pro-government Partido Legalista of Luis Felipe Vidal receiving 37,858 votes and the Jimenes–Velásquez alliance receiving 36,405; in 1940 Sumner Welles published volume II of Naboth's Vineyard: The Dominican Republic, 1844–1924 stating Jimenes had received 40,076 votes, while Vásquez and Vidal received a combined total of 39,632.[1]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra | Jimenes–Velásquez alliance | 337 | 53.32 | |
| Horacio Vásquez | Red Party | 242 | 38.29 | |
| Luis Felipe Vidal | Legalist Party | 53 | 8.39 | |
| Total | 632 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Campillo Pérez[1] | ||||
Senate
edit| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Jimenes–Velásquez alliance | 7 | |
| Red Party | 4 | |
| Legalist Party | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | |
| Source: Campillo Pérez[1] | ||
Chamber of Deputies
edit| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Jimenes–Velásquez alliance | 14 | |
| Red Party | 8 | |
| Legalist Party | 2 | |
| Total | 24 | |
| Source: Campillo Pérez[1] | ||