Constituent Assembly elections were held in
Honduras on 7 October 1956.
[ Dieter Nohlen (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 account ...
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
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.
[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
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 account ...
as
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with General
Abraham Williams Calderón
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as first
vice president
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. However, a military coup took place on 21 October. The top conspirators included Colonel
Héctor Caraccioli, head of the air force, Major
Roberto Gálvez Barnes, Minister of Development and General
Roque J. Rodríguez, director of the military academy in
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
. They organized a
military government 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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