Constituent Assembly elections were held in

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on 7 October 1956.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p407 Prior to the elections, President

Julio Lozano Díaz Julio Lozano Díaz (27 March 1885 – 20 August 1957), was first Vice President of Honduras (1949–1954) and then President of Honduras, from 5 December 1954 until 21 October 1956. He was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and worked as an accou ...

established his own party, the Party of National Unity. The elections were allegedly heavily rigged and the PUN won all 58 seats.

Conduct

A group of protesting Liberals were fired on by police in Tegucigalpa.Thomas P. Anderson (1981) ''The war of the dispossessed: Honduras and El Salvador, 1969'', p59

Results

Aftermath

Shortly after the elections the government announced that the Constituent Assembly would convene on 1 November and that it would elect

as president with General Abraham Williams Calderón as first vice president. However, a military coup took place on 21 October. The top conspirators included Colonel

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, head of the air force, Major

Roberto Gálvez Barnes The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, Minister of Development and General Roque J. Rodríguez, director of the military academy in Tegucigalpa. They organized a

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with Rodríguez as its apparent leader, primarily because of his seniority.Darío A. Euraque (1996) ''Reinterpreting the banana republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972'', p67 Lozano was exiled and Fresh elections were held in September 1957.

References

Bibliography

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