title: 1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election
text: # 1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election
  
  Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 27 October 1946, following a coup the year before which launched El Trienio Adeco. The result was a victory for Democratic Action, which won 137 of the 160 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 86.6%.
  
  ## Results
  
  Seats :
  
  | | Democratic Action | 1,099,601 | 78.43 | 137 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Copei | 141,418 | 10.09 | 19 |
  | | Communist Party of Venezuela | 50,837 | 3.63 | 2 |
  | | Democratic Republican Union | 49,721 | 3.55 | 2 |
  | | Republican Federal Union | 38,440 | 2.74 | 0 |
  | | Falconian Electoral Committee | 5,489 | 0.39 | 0 |
  | | Liberal Party of Tachira | 4,333 | 0.31 | 0 |
  | | Democratic Electoral Organisation | 3,007 | 0.21 | 0 |
  | | Socialist Party of Venezuela | 2,078 | 0.15 | 0 |
  | | Venezuelan Independent Sector | 2,073 | 0.15 | 0 |
  | | Independent Democratic Organisation | 1,619 | 0.12 | 0 |
  | | Progressive Liberal Party | 846 | 0.06 | 0 |
  | | Other parties | 2,549 | 0.18 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 1,402,011 | 100.00 | 160 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,402,011 | 99.88 | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,706 | 0.12 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 1,403,717 | 100.00 | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,621,687 | 86.56 | |
  | Source: Nohlen, Nohlen, Martínez |||||
  
  ### Seats won by state
  
  | State/ Territory | AD | COPEI/ UFR | PCV | URD |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Federal District | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
  | Anzoátegui | 6 | | | |
  | Apure | 3 | | | |
  | Aragua | 6 | | | |
  | Barinas | 3 | | | |
  | Bolívar | 4 | | | |
  | Carabobo | 8 | | | |
  | Cojedes | 3 | | | |
  | Falcón | 9 | | | |
  | Guárico | 6 | | | |
  | Lara | 12 | 1 | | |
  | Mérida | 3 | 5 | | |
  | Miranda | 9 | | | |
  | Monagas | 5 | | | |
  | Nueva Esparta | 2 | | | 1 |
  | Portuguesa | 4 | | | |
  | Sucre | 11 | | | 1 |
  | Táchira | 3 | 7 | | |
  | Trujillo | 8 | 3 | | |
  | Yaracuy | 5 | | | |
  | Zulia | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
  | Amazonas Federal Territory | 1 | | | |
  | Delta Amacuro Federal Territory | 2 | | | |
  | Source: CSE |||||
  