It was said that "the old party leadership was swept aside in favor of a new group of younger, more dynamic and ambitious men," when presidential candidate Anastasio Somoza García won by a landslide victory of 112,812 votes (99.83%) against Leonardo Argüello Barreto's 192 votes (00.17%) during the 1936 Nicaraguan general election.
It was said that "the old party leadership was swept aside in favor of a new group of younger, more dynamic and ambitious men," when presidential candidate Anastasio Somoza García won by a landslide victory of 112,812 votes (99.83%) against Leonardo Argüello Barreto's 192 votes (00.17%) during the 1936 Nicaraguan general election.