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1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1938 November 11, 1941 1943 →

All 98 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
50 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader José Zulueta
Party Nacionalista Popular Front
Leader's seat Iloilo–1st
Last election 98 0
Seats won 95 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2

Speaker before election

José Yulo
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Jose Zulueta
Nacionalista

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Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 11, 1941, with the ruling Nacionalista Party retaining a majority of the seats. Still, the party was prevented a clean sweep when three independents were elected. The elected congressmen were supposed to serve from December 30, 1941, to December 30, 1945, but World War II broke out and Imperial Japan invaded the Philippines on December 8, 1941, setting up a puppet Second Philippine Republic which then organized the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic, whose members were elected in 1943.

The Philippines was liberated by the Allied Powers in 1945 and the acts of the Second Republic were nullified; elected representatives who survived the war and were not interned for collaboration with the Japanese served until those who won in elections that were held in 1946 took office.

Electoral system

The House of Representatives has at most 120 seats, 98 seats for this election, all voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province is guaranteed at least one congressional district, with bigger provinces divided into two or more districts.

Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.

Results

PartySeats+/–
Nacionalista Party94−4
Popular Front2+1
Partido Democrata Nacional1+1
Young Philippines1+1
Total980
Source: Teehankee and PCDSPO

See also

References

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  2. Liang, Dapen. Philippine Parties & Politics: A Historical Study of National Experience in Democracy.
  3. Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.
  4. Presidential Communications Development & Strategic Planning Office (2015). Philippine Electoral Almanac (Revised and expanded ed.). Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office – via Internet Archive.
  • Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
  • Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature: 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
  • Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.
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