1936 Philippine National Assembly special elections

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1936 Philippine National Assembly special election
← 1935 September 1, 1936 1938 →
Four of 89 seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines
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Leader Gil Montilla
Party Nacionalista
Leader's seat Negros Occidental–3rd
Seats won 4
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Four special elections to the National Assembly of the Philippines were done on September 1, 1936. These were to fill up vacancies from four seats.

Electoral system[]

The seats in the National Assembly were elected from single member districts, under the first-past-the-post voting system.

The following seats were up for election:[1]

Special elections[]

Abra[]

The seat from Abra was vacated when incumbent Quintín Paredes was appointed Resident Commissioner to the United States, the Commonwealth of the Philippines's delegate in the United States Congress.[1]

1936 National Assembly special election in Abra's at-large district
Candidate Votes %
3,320 47.19
Jesus Paredes 2,525 35.89
Adolfo Brillantes 1,190 16.92
Total votes 7,035 100.00

Ilocos Norte–2nd[]

The seat from Ilocos Norte's 2nd district was vacated when assemblyman-elect Julio Nalundasan was shot at his home in Batac just right after the 1935 legislative election.[1] Nalundasan was murdered on September 20, 1935 while he was brushing his teeth. Ferdinand Marcos, the future president and son of Nalundasan's opponent Mariano, among others, was convicted of murder, but that was reversed on appeal years later.[2]

1936 National Assembly special election in Ilocos Norte's 2nd district
Candidate Votes %
7,452 68.90
Mariano Marcos 2,597 24.01
Juan Root 766 7.08
Total votes 10,815 100.00

Leyte–4th[]

The seat from Leyte's 4th district was vacated when incumbent was appointed to be a member of the technical staff in the Malacañang Palace.[1]

1936 National Assembly special election in Leyte's 4th district
Candidate Votes %
Norberto Romualdez 7,033 76.32
Antonio Marcos 2,182 23.68
Total votes 9,215 100.00

Samar–2nd[]

The seat from Samar's 2nd district was vacated when incumbent was appointed to be undersecretary of finance and director of the Budget Office (now the Secretary of Budget and Management).[1]

1936 National Assembly special election in Samar's 2nd district
Candidate Votes %
4,722 59.34
Leocaldo Tanseco 3,236 40.66
Total votes 7,958 100.00

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e President, Philippines (1937). Messages of the President. Bureau of Print.
  2. ^ Gomez, Buddy (2015-09-09). "Murder most foul: Marcos' youthful exuberance". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2021-09-30.

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