Constituent Assembly elections were held in

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on 13 March 1938. Prior to the elections, an electoral alliance named the Socialist Single Front (FUS) was formed by the

Legion of Veterans The Legion of Veterans ( Spanish: ''Legión de Ex-Combatientes'', LEC) was a Bolivian Chaco War veterans' organization. It was organized on 13 September 1935 by Lieutenant Colonel Germán Busch from various local veterans groups which had establ ...

Confederation of Bolivian Workers The Trade Union Confederation of Bolivian Workers ( es, Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores de Bolivia, CSTB) was the largest and most prominent trade union confederation in Bolivia from 1936 to 1952. A National Labor Congress met on 29 Novemb ...

, Workers' Party,

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, United Socialist Party,

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, and Independent Socialist Party. The FUS won 96 of the 103 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and all 18 seats in the Senate.

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Aftermath

On 27 May 1938 the Constituent Assembly elected

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as president. Busch had assumed the presidency on 13 July 1937 as a result of a coup d'état. The Assembly was dissolved by Busch on 24 April 1939.Political handbook of the world 1940. New York, 1940. P. 12.

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Results

Aftermath

See also

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