1936 Honduran Constituent Assembly election

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Honduras on 26 January 1936.

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.

Results

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. It also extended its term until December 1942.

References

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