1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election

Election thumb|right|Rómulo Betancourt voting in the 1946 elections Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 27 October 1946,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 978-0-19-928358-3 following a coup the year before which launched El Trienio Adeco.Nohlen, p537 They were the first free national elections in the country's history. Democratic Action, which had led the provisional government formed after the coup, won a decisive victory with 137 of the 160 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 86.6%.Nohlen, p568 The assembly drafted a constitution ahead of the country's first free regular elections a year later. Results File:Constituyente de Venezuela de 1946.svg Democratic Action 1099601 137 Copei 141418 19 Communist Party of Venezuela 50837 2 Democratic Republican Union 49721 2 Republican Federal Union 38440 0 #664CFF Falconian Electoral Committee 5489 0 Liberal Party of Tachira 4333 0 Democratic Electoral Organisation 3007 0 Socialist Party of Venezuela 2078 0 Venezuelan Independent Sector 2073 0 Independent Democratic Organisation 1619 0 Progressive Liberal Party 846 0 Other parties 2549 0 1706 1621687 Nohlen, Nohlen, MartínezPedro José Martínez (1987) Propaganda política, partidos y sistema electoral Seats won by state State/TerritoryADCOPEI/UFRPCVURDFederal District1221Anzoátegui6Apure3Aragua6Barinas3Bolívar4Carabobo8Cojedes3Falcón9Guárico6Lara121Mérida35Miranda9Monagas5Nueva Esparta21Portuguesa4Sucre111Táchira37Trujillo83Yaracuy5Zulia1211Amazonas Federal Territory1Delta Amacuro Federal Territory2Source: CSELos Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984 https://books.google.com/books?id=3szsdytGAoQC 1987 Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística 43–44 References Category:1946 in Venezuela Venezuela Category:Elections in Venezuela Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:October 1946 in South America