1991 Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election

none Paraguay 1990 1989 1993 1 December 1991 yes All 198 seats in the Constitutional Assembly 100 yes Colorado Party 55.1 122 Authentic Radical Liberal Party 27.0 55 Constitution for All #C6883D 11.0 19 Revolutionary Febrerista Party #01A755 1.2 1 Christian Democratic Party #BA55D3 0.9 1 Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Paraguay on 1 December 1991.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 978-0-19-928358-3 The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won 122 of the 198 seats. Voter turnout was 51.7%.Nohlen, p426 Following the elections, a new constitution was promulgated in 1992. It reintroduced the position of Vice President and allowed for the President to be elected by a plurality of the vote.Nohlen, p417 It also limited the President to a single five-year term, with no possibility of re-election even if the incumbent had only served a partial term. This provision meant that incumbent Andrés Rodríguez would have had to leave office in 1993 even without his promise to not run for a full term.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/06/20/Paraguay-celebrates-new-constitution/5182709012800/ Paraguay celebrates new constitution Cesar Insfran United Press International June 20, 1992 Electoral system The 198 members of the Constituent Assembly were elected by closed list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method at two levels: 140 members from a national list 58 members from 16 multi-member constituencies of between two and nine seats corresponding to the Departments of Paraguay (except for the three Departments of the Chaco region, which were grouped into one district) and the Capital District Results Colorado Party 409730 55.1 122 Authentic Radical Liberal Party 201040 27.0 55 Constitution for All 81860 11.0 19 #C6883D Revolutionary Febrerista Party 9094 1.2 1 Christian Democratic Party 6548 0.9 1 Workers' Party 0.6 0 Paraguayan Humanist Party 0.5 0 People, Nation and Solidarity 0.1 0 743546 1438543 Nohlen, TSJE References Paraguay Constitutional Category:Elections in Paraguay Paraguay Category:Constituent assembly elections in South America