1936 Honduran Constituent Assembly election

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Constituent Assembly elections were held in Honduras on 26 January 1936.^[1]^[2]

Background

Congress voted on 6 January to call elections for a Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution, with 56 in favour and two against.^[3]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Party	132,948	99.97	59
	Liberal Party	46	0.03	0
Total		132,994	100.00	59

Source: Argueta^[4]

Aftermath

The newly elected Assembly met for the first time on 8 March. It drafted a constitution, article 202 of which allowed president Tiburcio Carías Andino and vice president Abraham Williams Calderón to continue in power until 1 January 1943.^[5] It also extended its term until December 1942.^[6]

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Elections and Events 1925-1947 Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine The Library, UC San Diego
^ William S. Stokes (1950) Honduras: an area study in government, p256
^ Mario Argueta (1989) Tiburcio Carías: anatomía de una época, 1923-1948, p94
^ Stokes, p100
^ Political Handbook of the World 1937, p94

Bibliography

Argueta, Mario. Tiburcio Carías: anatomía de una época, 1923-1948. Tegucigalpa: Editorial Guaymuras. 1989.
Dodd, Thomas JTiburcio Carías: portrait of a Honduran political leader. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. . 2005.
Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.
Political handbook of the world 1937. New York, 1938.
Stokes, William S. Honduras: an area study in government. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1950.

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