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 edit
| Party or lema | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Party | Batllist Terrist Colorado Party | 80,563 | 32.63 | 95 | ||
| Gral. Rivera Colorado Party | 24,088 | 9.76 | 28 | |||
| Party for the Colorado Tradition | 13,713 | 5.55 | 15 | |||
| Radical Colorado Party | 11,595 | 4.70 | 13 | |||
| National Commission for the Unification of the Colorado Party | 802 | 0.32 | 0 | |||
| Total | 130,761 | 52.96 | 151 | |||
| National Party | 101,419 | 41.08 | 117 | |||
| Civic Union | 9,707 | 3.93 | 11 | |||
| Communist Party | 4,950 | 2.00 | 5 | |||
| Reformist Party | 48 | 0.02 | 0 | |||
| Total | 246,885 | 100.00 | 284 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 428,597 | – | ||||
| Source: Nohlen, Bottinelli et al.[5] | ||||||
Aftermath edit
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 edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p494
- ^ a b c d e The Constitution Library of Congress Country Studies
- ^ Nohlen, p501
- ^ Bottinelli, Oscar Alberto; Giménez, Wilfredo; Marius, Jorge Luis. "Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010" (PDF). Parlamento del Uruguay.