1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election

Rómulo Betancourt voting in the 1946 elections

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 27 October 1946,[1] following a coup the year before which launched El Trienio Adeco.[2] The result was a victory for Democratic Action, which won 137 of the 160 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 86.6%.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p537
  3. ^ Nohlen, p568