1948 Costa Rican Constituent Assembly election

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Constituent Assembly elections were held in Costa Rica on 8 December 1948,^[1] following the Costa Rican Civil War. The result was a victory for the National Unity Party, which won 34 of the 45 seats. The assembly drew up the 1949 constitution.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Union Party	62,300	74.16	34
	Constitutional Party	10,815	12.87	6
	Social Democratic Party [es]	6,415	7.64	4
	National Fellowship Party	2,439	2.90	1
	Civic Action Party	844	1.00	0
	People's Republican Movement	749	0.89	0
	Liberal Party	448	0.53	0
Total		84,010	100.00	45

Registered voters/turnout		176,979	–
Source: Nohlen

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005-04-14). Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1: North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Oxford University Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6.

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