Constituent Assembly elections were held in Honduras on 26 January 1936. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p407

Background

Congress voted on 6 January to call elections for a Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution, with 56 in favour and two against.

Results

Aftermath

The newly elected Assembly met for the first time on 8 March. It drafted a constitution, article 202 of which allowed president

Tiburcio Carías Andino Tiburcio Carías Andino (5 March 1876 – 23 December 1969) was a Honduran politician and military officer with the rank of Major General. Thirty-eighth president of the Republic of Honduras, constitutional period from 1924 and thereafter in t ...

and vice president

Abraham Williams Calderón Abraham Williams Calderón (born 1894, died in 1986) was Honduran politician. He was known as Vice President of Honduras during the administration of Tiburcio Carías Andino and president of the National Congress of Honduras, and presidential ca ...

to continue in power until 1 January 1943. It also extended its term until December 1942.''Political Handbook of the World 1937'', p94

References

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