1936 Honduran Constituent Assembly election

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

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Background

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

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
National Party132,94899.9759
Liberal Party460.030
Total132,994100.0059
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
  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Elections and Events 1925-1947 The Library, UC San Diego
  3. William S. Stokes (1950) Honduras: an area study in government, p256
  4. Mario Argueta (1989) Tiburcio Carías: anatomía de una época, 1923-1948, p94
  5. Stokes, p100
  6. 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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