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The Nicaraguan Constitutional Assembly election of 1938 was held on 6 November.
A presidential election was held in Nicaragua in March 1939.
The elections held on 6 November 1938 were even more of a sham than those that named Anastasio Somoza García president in 1936. The Conservatives decided to abstain again, while the ballot boxes and ballots were distributed throughout the country by the quartermaster general of the Guardia Nacional. The final results were made available within twenty-four hours. In 1938 the Genuino Conservatives decided to field candidates for the Constituent Assembly although the Conservative party’s leadership vehemently opposed the plan.
After adopting the Constitution in March 1939, the Assembly became a legislative body, replacing the Congress until 1 May 1947. This new ‘Congress’ then chose Anastasio Somoza García as President for the period from 1939-1947.
Legislative election
The following is a table of election results:
(*) Fifteen elected members and all ex-Presidents of whom only one (General José María Moncada Tapia Liberal) is sitting.