Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Uruguay on 25 June 1933.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 They followed a presidential coup by Gabriel Terra on 31 March,Nohlen, p494The Constitution Library of Congress Country Studies Following the coup, the Assembly was appointed to formulate a new constitution. The various factions of the Colorado Party emerged as the largest group in the Assembly, winning 151 of the 284 seats.Nohlen, p501
Results
Aftermath The Assembly produced a new constitution which was approved in a referendum, and promulgated the following year. It abolished the National Council of Administration, replacing it with a nine-member Council of Ministers, in which the second party was guaranteed three members. It also gave the party that had finished second in parliamentary elections half the seats in the Senate.
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