1936 Honduran Constituent Assembly election
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Constituent Assembly elections were held in Honduras on 26 January 1936.[1][2]
Background
editCongress 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
edit| 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
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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.