1956 Honduran Constituent Assembly election

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Constituent Assembly elections were held in Honduras on 7 October 1956.[1] Prior to the elections, President Julio Lozano Díaz established his own party, the . The elections were heavily rigged and the PUN won all 58 seats.[2]

Conduct[]

A group of protesting Liberals were fired on by police in Tegucigalpa.[3]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats
370,31889.4458
Liberal Party41,72410.080
National Party2,0030.480
Total414,045100.0058
Total votes512,694–
Source: Nohlen

Aftermath[]

Following the elections, a military coup took place on 21 October.[4] The top conspirators included Colonel , head of the air force, Major , Minister of Development and General , director of the military academy in Tegucigalpa. They organized a military government with Rodríguez as its apparent leader, primarily because of his seniority.[5] Lozano was exiled and Fresh elections were held in September 1957.

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p410
  3. ^ Thomas P. Anderson (1981) The war of the dispossessed: Honduras and El Salvador, 1969, p59
  4. ^ Anderson, p60
  5. ^ Darío A. Euraque (1996) Reinterpreting the banana republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972, p67

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