1909 Philippine Assembly elections

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1909 Philippine Assembly elections
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  1907 November 2, 1909 1912  

All 81 seats in the Philippine Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Osmena.jpg Arsenio Cruz-Herrera.jpg
Leader Sergio Osmeña Arsenio Cruz-Herrera
Party Nacionalista Progresista
Leader's seat Cebu–2nd Rizal–1st (lost)
Last election32 seats, 34.89%16 seats, 24.67%
Seats before59 A 16
Seats won6217
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote92,99638,588
Percentage48.19%20.00%
SwingIncrease2.svg 13.30%Decrease2.svg 0.87%

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Parties that won a plurality of votes in each province. Results for local offices are also included as a separate tally for the Philippine Assembly was not provided.

Speaker before election

Sergio Osmeña
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Sergio Osmeña [1]
Nacionalista

Philippine Assembly elections were held in the Philippines on November 2, 1909. [2]

Contents

Results

62172
NacionalistaProgresistaO
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Nacionalista Party 92,99648.19+12.4862+30
Progresista Party 38,58820.00−5.2517+1
Liguero3,6211.88New00
Others47,30624.51NA00
Independent10,4645.42−18.422−18
Total192,975100.0081+1
Registered voters/turnout208,845
Source: Philippine Commission. Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War 1910.
Vote share
NP
48.19%
PP
20.00%
Others
31.81%
Seats
NP
76.54%
PP
20.99%
Others
2.47%

Votes by province

Province/City ElectorateTurnout NP PP LigueroInd.Unknown
Albay 8,4467,6083,5026232,155904
Ambos Camarines 6,7066,5893,2723381,2931,322
Antique 2,3782,283564756135459
Bataan 1,2591,2211,00312243
Batanes 350343325
Batangas 7,4817,3675,037537449497
Bohol 2,8932,6892,487205
Bulacan 9,5028,9898,346
Cagayan 6,9296,6463,3442,260618
Capiz 6,6676,4113,4832,3188125164
Cavite 8,5877,6373,1338952,941
Cebu 10,9039,8948,698161738
Ilocos Norte 5,3805,2271,7565922,654
Ilocos Sur 7,0756,9251,6953,5542661,050
Iloilo 19,88713,9785,6006,2081,014
Isabela 3,6163,3851,2311,353143
La Laguna 6,8216,3583,0481,6311,411
La Union 4,7754,6831,6061,7181,196
Leyte 8,9308,3416,042243238159679
Manila 6,7396,0241,9849932,330
Mindoro 460460370
Misamis 2,8282,3201,877351
Negros Occidental 6,5286,3151,6572,456705
Negros Oriental 2,7572,4801,727610100
Nueva Ecija 4,3044,0832,2211,435124165
Palawan 37935834411
Pampanga 5,6235,6232,2961,498418
Pangasinan 14,95514,5933,0271,7081824,060
Rizal 5,9435,8072,0551,5563491,221
Samar 4,7804,5841,1302,191523
Sorsogon 5,8985,6932,7143704471,629
Surigao 1,3451,211423556150
Tarlac 5,4745,1142,5611,6361,045
Tayabas 9,9409,4545,1062,3031,116
Zambales 2,3072,2821,384116504
Total208,845192,97592,99638,5883,62110,46426,412
Source: Government Printing Office [3]

Note

A. ^ Members of the Independent and Inmediatista factions were absorbed by the Nacionalista Party. This led to the combination of their seats which totaled to 59 seats.

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