1912 Creeperian general election

1912 Creeperian general election

1 December 1912
Registered	9,785,129
Turnout	51.18%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Antonio Sáenz Heredia Macos Espiga Mina Inhué Ordóñez Yepes Party Catholic Royalist National Conservative National Liberal Alliance Conservative Conservative People's Social Leader since 13 December 1901 1 December 1887 1 December 1887 Leader's seat San Romero 1 San Miguel 2 La'Libertad 1 Last election 23 24 43 Seats won 41 29 29 Seat change 18 5 14 Popular vote 2,102,482 1,459,219 1,129,116 Percentage 41.98 29.14 22.54   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Édgar Cazalla Beldad Joel Lacasa Campos Party Socialist Social Communist Alliance People's Social People's Social Leader since 3 December 1887 1 June 1905 Leader's seat San Salvador 5 (lost election) Senvar 3 (lost election) Last election 4 1 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 249,847 67,649 Percentage 4.99 1.35
Prime Minister before election Inhué Ordóñez Yepes National Liberal Party Elected Prime Minister Antonio Sáenz Heredia Catholic Royalist Party

The 1912 Creeperian general election occurred on Sunday 1 December 1912 in accordance with the constitution of the State of Creeperopolis. All 100 seats of the parliament and all 19 captain generals (governors of departments).

The election has since been widely believed to have been rigged in favor of the Creeperian Conservative Coalition (CCC), being effectively denounced as fraudulent by historians and political scientists. Evidence suggested that hundreds of thousands of votes for the National Liberal Party (PLN), the Creeperian Socialist Party (PSC), and the Creeperian Social Communist Party (PCSC), were either counted as a vote for the Catholic Royalist Party (PRC) and the National Conservative Party (PCN) instead, were labeled as "blank" or "invalid," or simply not counted at all.

The outcome of the election resulted in widespread protests against Antonio Sáenz Heredia, the elected prime minister, demanding his resignation and for new elections. The protests lasted around three months with Sáenz Heredia suppressing protests against his government with the Civil Police, the Creeperian Army, and the Falange Creeperiano, the paramilitary wing of the PRC. Sáenz Heredia remained as prime minister for his second term until 1917.

Electoral system

The 1912 general election was conducted with a first-past-the-post voting system, with the candidate with the most votes winning their respective election. The voting system applied to all elections.

Results

Parliamentary results

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1	29	29	41
PSC	PLN	PCN	PRC

Party		Leader	Representatives				Votes
				Of total		+/–		Of total
	Catholic Royalist Party	Antonio Sáenz Heredia	41	41.0%	41 / 100	+18	2,102,482	41.98%	41.98%
	National Conservative Party	Macos Espiga Mina	29	29.0%	29 / 100	+5	1,459,219	29.14%	29.14%
	National Liberal Party	Inhué Ordóñez Yepes	29	29.0%	29 / 100	–14	1,129,116	22.54%	22.54%
	Creeperian Socialist Party	Édgar Cazalla Beldad	1	1.0%	1 / 100	–3	249,847	4.99%	4.99%
	Creeperian Social Communist Party	Joel Lacasa Campos	0	0.0%	0 / 100	–1	67,649	1.35%	1.35%
Blank and invalid votes							249,416	–	–
Total			18				5,008,313	100%
Registered voters and turnout							9,785,129	51.18%

Departmental results

Department	Captain general before election		Elected captain general election
Abdan
Adolfosburg
Helam
Jakiz
La'Libertad
La'Unión
Rakeo		Domingo Chamorro Castellón (PCN)		Jorge Montt Mendoza (PRC)
Salvador
San Carlos Islands		Antonio Gutiérrez Avendaño (PRC)		Antonio Gutiérrez Avendaño (PRC)
San Luís
San Miguel
San Pedro
San Romero
San Salvador		Antonio Figueroa Heredia (PLN)		Antonio Guerrero Menéndez (PRC)
San Salvador del Norte
Santa Ana
Senvar
Sonsatepan
Zapatista

See also

• Elections in Creeperopolis