1941 Philippine Senate election

1941 Philippine Senate election

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All 24 seats in the Philippine Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Manuel Roxas Party Nacionalista Last election N/A N/A Seats won 24 0 Seat change 24 0
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Election to the Senate were held on November 11, 1941 in the Philippines. The Senate was re-instituted after amendments to the constitution restored the bicameral legislature last used in 1935.

The elected senators would start to serve only in 1945 as they were not able to take office on December 30, 1941 as Imperial Japan invaded the country on December 8, 1941 at the onset of World War II.

Electoral system[]

The electorate voted with plurality-at-large voting for the first time for the Senate; the voters have the option of writing the party name on the ballot and all 24 candidates from the party receive votes; another option is by voting individually for each candidate. Also, the former senatorial districts were not used; instead voting was done nationwide as one at-large district. The succeeding Senate elections would be held every two years, with eight seats to be disputed in every election.^[1][2]

The next election was to be on 1943, but due to the intervention of World War II, no elections were until 1946, where the seats supposedly up in 1943 and 1945 were disputed. The winners of the 1941 election were not seated until 1945. In the intervening years, the Second Philippine Republic, a Japanese puppet state, put up a unicameral National Assembly.

Results[]

Per candidate[]

While the tally of votes have been lost in history, some sources tell where each candidate finished in the tally. Claro M. Recto finished first,^[3] while Mariano Jesus Cuenco finished fifth, and Vicente Rama finished 16th.^[4]

Not all candidates of the same party finished with the same number of votes, as some voted individually per candidate, instead of just writing the party name, and some didn't complete the 24 names if they did choose to vote individually per candidate.

^a The following were detained because of collaboration charges with the Japanese: Antonio de las Alas, Vicente Madrigal, Quintin Paredes, Claro M. Recto, Eulogio Rodriguez, Proceso E. Sebastian, Emiliano Tria Tirona and José Yulo.

^b Daniel Maramba died and Jose Ozamis was executed during the war.

^c The senators elected in 1941 served only from July 5, 1945 to April 23, 1946 except for Alauya Alonto, Esteban de la Rama, Pedro C. Hernaez, Vicente Madrigal, Vicente Rama, Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr., Proceso E. Sebastian and Emiliano Tria Tirona who served until May 22, 1947.

^1 Replaced Norberto Romuáldez who died on the eve of the elections.

^2 Alauya Alonto used his Muslim Name "Sa Ramain" during the elections.

Per party[]

Party		Seats
	Nacionalista Party	24
		0
Total		24
Source: Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

See also[]

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections

References[]

External links[]

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections