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