Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 27 October 1946,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 following a coup the year before which launched El Trienio Adeco.Nohlen, p537 They were the first free national elections in the country's history.
Democratic Action, which had led the provisional government formed after the coup, won a decisive victory with 137 of the 160 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 86.6%.Nohlen, p568 The assembly drafted a constitution ahead of the country's first free regular elections a year later.
Results
Seats won by state State/TerritoryADCOPEI/UFRPCVURDFederal District1221Anzoátegui6Apure3Aragua6Barinas3Bolívar4Carabobo8Cojedes3Falcón9Guárico6Lara121Mérida35Miranda9Monagas5Nueva Esparta21Portuguesa4Sucre111Táchira37Trujillo83Yaracuy5Zulia1211Amazonas Federal Territory1Delta Amacuro Federal Territory2Source: CSE
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