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 or lemaVotes%Seats
Colorado PartyBatllist Terrist Colorado Party80,56332.6395
Gral Rivera Colorado Party24,0889.7628
Party for the Colorado Tradition13,7135.5515
Radical Colorado Party11,5954.7013
National Commission for the Unification of the Colorado Party8020.320
Total130,76152.96151
National Party101,41941.08117
Civic Union9,7073.9311
Communist Party4,9502.015
Reformist Party450.020
Total246,882100.00284
Registered voters/turnout428,597–
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]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ↑ Nohlen, p494
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 The Constitution Library of Congress Country Studies
  4. ↑ Nohlen, p501
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