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1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections

7th Philippine House of Representatives elections

Field	Value
election_name	1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections
country	Philippines
flag_year	1936
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_year	[1934
(House)](1934-philippine-house-of-representatives-elections)
←[1938
(Assembly)](1938-philippine-legislative-election)
next_year	[1946
(House)](1946-philippine-house-of-representatives-elections) →
[1943
(Assembly)](1943-philippine-legislative-election)
election_date	November 11, 1941
seats_for_election	All 98 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
majority_seats	50
image1	Jose Zulueta portrait.jpg
leader1	José Zulueta
party1	Nacionalista Party
leaders_seat1	Iloilo–1st
last_election1	98
seats1	95
seat_change1	3
image2	Blank2x3.svg
leader2	Engracio Clemeña
party2	Popular Front (Philippines)
leaders_seat2	Manila–1st
last_election2	Did not exist
seats2	2
seat_change2	2
title	Speaker
before_election	José Yulo
before_party	Nacionalista Party
after_election	Jose Zulueta
after_party	Nacionalista Party

(House)](1934-philippine-house-of-representatives-elections) ←1938 (Assembly) (House)](1946-philippine-house-of-representatives-elections) → 1943 (Assembly)

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

References

Bibliography

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References

(2013). "Philippine Electoral Almanac". The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office.
Liang, Dapen. "Philippine Parties & Politics: A Historical Study of National Experience in Democracy".

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