Uruguayan Constitutional Assembly election, 1933
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Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Uruguay on 25 June 1933.[1] They followed a presidential coup by Gabriel Terra on 31 March,[2][3] Following the coup, the Assembly was appointed to formulate a new constitution.[3] The various factions of the Colorado Party emerged as the largest group in the Assembly, winning 151 of the 284 seats.[4]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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National Party | 101,419 | 41.1 | 117 |
Batllist Terrist Colorado Party | 80,563 | 32.6 | 95 |
Gral Rivera Colorado Party | 24,088 | 9.8 | 28 |
Party for the Colorado Tradition | 13,713 | 5.6 | 15 |
Radical Colorado Party | 11,595 | 4.7 | 13 |
Civic Union | 9,707 | 3.9 | 11 |
Communist Party | 4,950 | 2.0 | 5 |
National Commission for the Unification of the Colorado Party | 802 | 0.3 | 0 |
Reformist Party | 45 | 0.0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
Total | 246,882 | 100 | 284 |
Registered voters/turnout | 428,597 | – | |
Source: Nohlen |
Aftermath
The Assembly produced a new constitution which was approved in a referendum, and promulgated the following year.[3] 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.[3] It also gave the party that had finished second in parliamentary elections half the seats in the Senate.[3]
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