1943 Philippine legislative election

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1943 Philippine legislative election
Flag of the Philippines (1943-1945).svg
  1941 September 25, 1943 1946  

All 54 elective seats and 54 ex officio members
in the National Assembly of the Philippines
 Majority party
  Benigno S. Aquino.jpg
Leader Benigno Aquino, Sr.
Party KALIBAPI
Leader's seat Tarlac
Seats beforenew party
Seats won108
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 108

Speaker before election

José Yulo
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Benigno Aquino, Sr.
KALIBAPI

National Assembly elections were held in the Philippines on September 20, 1943, for the elected and appointed representative to the newly created National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic, which replaced the National Assembly of the Philippines of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. The Commonwealth government was exiled in Washington, D.C., upon the invitation of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt. [1] [ better source needed ] The Japanese took over Manila on January 2, 1942, and soon established the Japanese Military Administration to replace the exiled Commonwealth government. It utilized the existing administrative structure already in place and coerced high-ranking Commonwealth officials left behind to form a government. [2] [ better source needed ] To win greater support for Japan and its war effort, no less than Japanese prime minister Hideki Tōjō promised the Filipinos independence earlier than the Tydings–McDuffie Act had scheduled. [3] However, before it could be realized, a constitution would have to be adopted. The Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence drafted what came to be known as the 1943 Constitution. It provided for a unicameral National Assembly that was to be composed of provincial governors and city mayors as ex officio members and another representative elected from each province and city who were to serve for a term of three years. [4] Though created subordinate to the executive, the National Assembly had the power to elect the president of the country, who in turn appoints the provincial governors and city mayors, ensuring him control of the legislature.

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Results

PartySeats
KALIBAPI 54
Ex officio seats [lower-alpha 1] 54
Total108
Source: Pobre, Cesar P., ed. (2000). Philippine Legislature: 100 Years. Quezon City: Philippine Historical Association in cooperation with New Day Publishers.
  1. Ex officio members are governors from each province and mayors from some cities. All of these members are from the KALIBAPI.

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References

  1. "philippine-history.philsite.net" . Retrieved April 16, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "The Japanese Occupation and the Second Republic of the Philippines". Philippines-Archipelago. Archived from the original on 2007-03-26. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
  3. "Japan: Hirohito Is a Little Depressed". Time. Vol. 41, no. 26. June 28, 1943.
  4. 1943 Constitution via Official Gazette.

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