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[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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370,318 | 89.44 | 58 | ||
Liberal Party | 41,724 | 10.08 | 0 | |
National Party | 2,003 | 0.48 | 0 | |
Total | 414,045 | 100.00 | 58 | |
Total votes | 512,694 | – | ||
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[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p410
- ^ Thomas P. Anderson (1981) The war of the dispossessed: Honduras and El Salvador, 1969, p59
- ^ Anderson, p60
- ^ Darío A. Euraque (1996) Reinterpreting the banana republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972, p67
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