1925 Philippine Senate elections

1925 Philippine Senate elections

←  1922 June 2, 1925 1928  →
11 of 24 seats in the Philippine Senate
Majority party Minority party   Leader Manuel L. Quezon Juan Sumulong Party Nacionalista Democrata Leader's seat 5th District 4th District Seats before 16 7 Seats won 7 4 Seats after 13 10 Seat change 3 3
Election results; each district sent in two seats to the Senate.
Senate President before election Manuel L. Quezon Nacionalista Elected Senate President Manuel L. Quezon Nacionalista

Senatorial elections happened on June 2, 1925 in the Philippines under the Jones Law provisions.

Electoral system

In a staggered election, the seats of the senators who were first disputed in 1919 were up for election. The Philippines is divided into 12 senatorial districts, of which all districts save for the 12th district, has one of its seats up. In the 12th district, any vacancy is filled via appointment of the Governor-General. The election itself is via first-past-the-post.

Results

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13 1 10 Nacionalista V Democrata

Party		Seats
		Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista [a]	10	16	7	13	−3
	Democrata	1	5	4	8	+3
Appointed [b]		0	2	0	2	0
Vacant		0	1	0	1	0
Total		11	24	11	24	0

1. In the 1922 election, the Nacionalista Party was divided into the Colectivistas, which had 12 seats, and the Unipersonalistas, which had 6 seats. The two factions reconciled prior to this election.
2. The two appointed senators were from Democrata.

See also

• 7th Philippine Legislature
• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections