1933 Uruguayan Constitutional Assembly election

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Uruguay on 25 June 1933.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 978-0-19-928358-3 They followed a presidential coup by Gabriel Terra on 31 March,Nohlen, p494The Constitution Library of Congress Country Studies Following the coup, the Assembly was appointed to formulate a new constitution. The various factions of the Colorado Party emerged as the largest group in the Assembly, winning 151 of the 284 seats.Nohlen, p501 Results Party or lema Colorado Party 6 Batllist Terrist Colorado Party 80563 95 Gral. Rivera Colorado Party 24088 28 Party for the Colorado Tradition 13713 15 Radical Colorado Party 11595 13 National Commission for the Unification of the Colorado Party 802 0 130761 151 National Party 101419 117 Civic Union 9707 11 Communist Party 4950 5 Reformist Party 48 0 428597 Nohlen, Bottinelli et al.Bottinelli Oscar Alberto Giménez Wilfredo Marius Jorge Luis Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010 https://legislativo.parlamento.gub.uy/OtrosDocumentos/EnciclopediaElectoral1900_2010.pdf Parlamento del Uruguay Aftermath The Assembly produced a new constitution which was approved in a referendum, and promulgated the following year. It abolished the National Council of Administration, replacing it with a nine-member Council of Ministers, in which the second party was guaranteed three members. It also gave the party that had finished second in parliamentary elections half the seats in the Senate. References Category:Elections in Uruguay Uruguay Constitutional Uruguay Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Constituent assembly elections in South America