1940 Philippine National Assembly special elections

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1940 Philippine National Assembly special elections
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  1938 December 10, 1940 1941 (House)  

Four of 98 seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines
 First party
 
Party Nacionalista
Seats won4

Four special elections (known elsewhere as "by-elections") were held on December 10, 1940, for vacant seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines, the legislative body of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. These elections were conducted to fill the seats left vacant by the appointment of Pedro Sabido as manager of the National Abaca and other Fibers Corporation in Albay's third district, the deaths of Ruperto Montinola in Iloilo's second district and Ruperto Kapunan in Leyte's fifth district, and the resignation of Felipe Buencamino Jr. in Nueva Ecija's second district. The date of the special elections was set by President Manuel L. Quezon through Proclamation No. 625 signed on October 4, 1940. [1]

Contents

The special elections were held on the same date as local elections for provincial, municipal and city officials. [2]

Results

Summary of the December 10, 1940 Philippine National Assembly special election results
Parties and coalitions%Seats
Nacionalista Party (Coalicion Nacionalista)100.04
Young Philippines0.00
Popular Philippines0.00
Popular Front (Juan Sumulong Wing)0.00
Popular Front (Pedro Abad Santos Wing)0.00
Total100.004
Source: Philippine Legislature: 100 Years by Cesar Pobre.

The following were elected to fill the four vacant seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines, all retaining the control of the Nacionalista Party:

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References

  1. Quezon, Manuel L. (4 October 1940). "Proclamation No. 625, s. 1940 – Calling for special election to fill existing vacancies in the National Assembly". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "History from Day to Day: The Philippines". Philippine Magazine. Vol. 38, no. 1. January 1941. pp. 4–5.
  3. McCoy, Alfred W. (2009). An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 470. ISBN   9780299229849.
  4. Crisostomo, Isabelo Tinio (1989). Governor Eduardo L. Joson: The Gentle Lion of Nueva Ecija. J. Kriz Publishing Enterprises. p. 145. ISBN   9789719105039.