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1946 Philippine House of Representatives elections

8th Philippine House of Representatives elections


8th Philippine House of Representatives elections

FieldValue
election_name1946 Philippine House of Representatives elections
countryPhilippines
flag_year1936
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_year[1941
(House)](1941-philippine-house-of-representatives-elections)
←[1943
(Assembly)](1943-philippine-legislative-election)
next_election1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections
next_year1949
seats_for_electionAll 98 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
majority_seats50
election_dateApril 23, 1946
image1Rep. Eugenio P. Perez (2nd Congress).jpg
leader1Eugenio Pérez
party1Nacionalista Party (Liberal wing)
leaders_seat1Pangasinan–2nd
seats149
popular_vote1908,740
percentage138.89
image2Sen Primicias.jpg
leader2Cipriano Primicias Sr.
party2Nacionalista Party
leaders_seat2Pangasinan–4th
seats235
popular_vote21,069,971
percentage245.78
image3Luis Taruc.jpg
leader3Luis Taruc
party3Democratic Alliance
leaders_seat3Pampanga–2nd
seats36
popular_vote3152,410
percentage36.52
titleSpeaker
before_electionJosé Zulueta
before_partyNacionalista Party
after_electionEugenio Pérez
after_partyNacionalista Party (Liberal wing)

(House)](1941-philippine-house-of-representatives-elections) ←1943 (Assembly)

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on April 23, 1946. Held on the same day as the presidential election, it was held after the Nacionalista Party had split permanently into two factions: the "conservative" faction headed by president Sergio Osmeña and the "liberal" faction headed by Senate president Manuel Roxas, which later became the Liberal Party. Roxas and the Liberals won the elections, leaving the Nacionalistas with the minority in both houses of Congress.

Candidates from the leftist Democratic Alliance won six seats in the House of Representatives but were not allowed to take their seats on grounds of fraud and violent campaign tactics during the election. Five of them were later restored their seats but only after a constitution amendment concerning parity rights to U.S. citizens was approved. That approval was required by the Bell Trade Act of the United States Congress and led to the 1947 Philippine Parity Rights plebiscite to amend the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines.

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 more populous 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

  1. (1991). "Philippines: A Country Study". GPO for the Library of Congress.
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