Uruguayan Constitutional Assembly election, 1933

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
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]

References

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