Rio Blanco presidential election, 1876

The 2012 presidential elections of Rio Blanco took place on 4 August 1876, to elect the president of Rio Blanco. In this election, two voting methods were used:
 * In the first round, a council of 50 men (the Major Councillors) voted;
 * In the second round, 35,000 people voted.

The Conservative Lt. Gen. Edwin Lanceton was elected first President of the new country.

Conservative
The newly-constituted Home Guard Party saw an internal division between Lanceton and Coss.

Lancetonian faction

 * Edwin Lanceton (with Montrose Garner as running mate)
 * John Hillinker (with Thomas Adlai Ross as running mate)

Cossian faction

 * Henry Campbell Coss (with Samuel Hooker as running mate)

Liberty

 * Virgil Staunton (with Nicholas Kempler as running mate)

Independents

 * Humbertus Mastelroy
 * Richard Foxborough
 * Julian Dimmel