1936 Honduran Constituent Assembly election explained

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]

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.^[4] It also extended its term until December 1942.^[5]

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.

Notes and References

1. [Dieter Nohlen]
2. https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/Honduras/19251947.html Elections and Events 1925-1947
3. William S. Stokes (1950) Honduras: an area study in government, p256
4. Stokes, p100
5. Political Handbook of the World 1937, p94