1940 Philippine National Assembly special elections explained

Election Name:1940 Philippine National Assembly special elections
Country:Philippines
Flag Year:1936
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1938 Philippine legislative election
Previous Year:1938
Next Election:1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Next Year:1941 (House)
Election Date:December 10, 1940
Seats For Election:Four of 98 seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines
Party1:Nacionalista Party
Seats1:4

Four special elections (known elsewhere as "by-elections") were held on December 10, 1940, for vacant seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines, the legislative body of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. These elections were conducted to fill the seats left vacant by the appointment of Pedro Sabido as manager of the National Abaca and other Fibers Corporation in Albay's third district, the deaths of Ruperto Montinola in Iloilo's second district and Ruperto Kapunan in Leyte's fifth district, and the resignation of Felipe Buencamino Jr. in Nueva Ecija's second district. The date of the special elections was set by President Manuel L. Quezon through Proclamation No. 625 signed on October 4, 1940.[1]

The special elections were held on the same date as local elections for provincial, municipal and city officials.[2]

Results

|-!colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Parties and coalitions! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Nacionalista Party (Coalicion Nacionalista)| style="text-align:right;" |100.0| style="text-align:right;" |4|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Young Philippines | style="text-align:right;" |0.0| style="text-align:right;" |0|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Popular Philippines| style="text-align:right;" |0.0| style="text-align:right;" |0|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Popular Front (Juan Sumulong Wing)| style="text-align:right;" |0.0| style="text-align:right;" |0|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Popular Front (Pedro Abad Santos Wing)| style="text-align:right;" |0.0| style="text-align:right;" |0|-|colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total|width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|4|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=5 |Source: Philippine Legislature: 100 Years by Cesar Pobre.|}The following were elected to fill the four vacant seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines, all retaining the control of the Nacionalista Party:

Marcial O. Rañola[2]

Oscar Ledesma[3]

Atilano R. Cinco[2]

Gabriel Belmonte[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Proclamation No. 625, s. 1940 – Calling for special election to fill existing vacancies in the National Assembly . 4 October 1940 . 1 December 2017 . Manuel L. . Quezon . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
  2. January 1941 . History from Day to Day: The Philippines . Philippine Magazine . en . 38 . 1 . 4–5.
  3. Book: McCoy, Alfred W. . 470 . An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines . 2009 . University of Wisconsin Press . 9780299229849.
  4. Book: Crisostomo, Isabelo Tinio . 145 . Governor Eduardo L. Joson: The Gentle Lion of Nueva Ecija . 1989 . J. Kriz Publishing Enterprises . 9789719105039.