1939 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election explained

Country:	El Salvador
Previous Election:	1936
Next Election:	1944
Election Date:	January 1939
Seats For Election:	All 42 seats in the Constitutional Assembly
Majority Seats:	22
First Election:	yes
Party1:	National Pro Patria Party
Leader1:	Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
Percentage1:	100
Seats1:	42

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in El Salvador in January 1939.^[1] At the time the country was a one-party state under the control of the National Pro Patria Party.

Bibliography

• Political Handbook of the world, 1939 New York, 1940.

Notes and References

1. Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter (1997). Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, p27