Constituent Assembly elections were held in Honduras on 26 January 1936.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 Elections and Events 1925-1947 The Library, UC San Diego
Background Congress voted on 6 January to call elections for a Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution, with 56 in favour and two against.William S. Stokes (1950) Honduras: an area study in government, p256
Results
Aftermath The newly elected Assembly met for the first time on 8 March. It drafted a constitution, article 202 of which allowed president Tiburcio Carías Andino and vice president Abraham Williams Calderón to continue in power until 1 January 1943.Stokes, p100 It also extended its term until December 1942.Political Handbook of the World 1937, p94
References
Bibliography Argueta, Mario. Tiburcio Carías: anatomía de una época, 1923-1948. Tegucigalpa: Editorial Guaymuras. 1989. Dodd, Thomas JTiburcio Carías: portrait of a Honduran political leader. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. . 2005. Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005. Political handbook of the world 1937. New York, 1938. Stokes, William S. Honduras: an area study in government. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1950.