1933 Uruguayan Constitutional Assembly election

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 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

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. The Constitution Library of Congress Country Studies
4. Nohlen, p501
5. Bottinelli, Oscar Alberto; Giménez, Wilfredo; Marius, Jorge Luis. "Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010" (PDF). Parlamento del Uruguay.