Liberal governments Founded as the
Autonomist Liberal Party (, PLA), in 1878 and renamed in 1898, the party first contested elections in 1910, when it won 23 of the 41 seats in
mid-term elections. They lost the
1912 elections to the Conjunción Patriótica alliance, and went on to finish second in elections in
1914,
1916 (in which they won the same number of seats in the House of Representatives as the
National Conservative Party, but won fewer seats in the Senate) and
1918. In the
1920 elections, the Liberal Party's
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso won the presidential election, although the party lost the parliamentary elections to the National League. They went on to win the
mid-term elections in 1922. For the
1924 elections the party formed an alliance with the
Cuban Popular Party. The alliance's
Gerardo Machado won the presidential election, whilst it also won both the Senate and House elections. The party also won the mid-term elections in
1930 and
1932. For the
1936 general election the party was part of the Tripartite Coalition, alongside the
Nationalist Union and
Republican Action, which won both the presidential election (with
Miguel Mariano Gómez as its candidate) and the parliamentary elections. The Liberal Party went on to win the
1938 mid-term elections.
Liberal Party's fall In the
1940 general elections the party was again part of an alliance, the People's Socialist Coalition, alongside the
Communist Revolutionary Union,
Progressive Action, the
Democratic National Association and the
Republican Democratic Party. The alliance's
Fulgencio Batista won the presidential election, whilst the Liberal Party finished second in the House of Representatives elections. The party won 21 seats in the
1942 mid-term elections, matched by the
Democratic Party. The
1944 general election saw the party finish second in the House of Representative elections, with a similar performance in the
1946 mid-term elections. For the
1948 general election the party put forward a joint candidate with the Democratic Party, but lost to the
Auténtico-
Republican's
Carlos Prío Socarrás. The party also finished second in the parliamentary elections. An alliance with the Democratic Party and the
Partido Auténtico won the
1950 mid-term elections. However, for the
1954 elections the party allied against the Partido Auténtico alongside
Progressive Action, the
Radical Union and the Republican Democratic Party, putting forward the victorious Batista as their presidential candidate. The Liberal Party finished second in the House elections behind Progressive Action. ==Successor==