| Election Name: | 1941 Philippine Senate election |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1938 Philippine legislative election |
| Previous Year: | 1938 (National Assembly) |
| Next Election: | 1946 Philippine Senate election |
| Next Year: | 1946 |
| Election Date: | November 11, 1941 |
| Seats For Election: | All 24 seats in the Philippine Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 13 |
| Leader1: | Manuel Roxas |
| Party1: | Nacionalista Party |
| Last Election1: | N/A |
| Seats1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 24 |
| Party2: | Popular Front (Philippines) |
| Last Election2: | N/A |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Senate President | |
| After Election: | Manuel Roxas |
| After Party: | Nacionalista Party |
| Map2 Caption: | Representation of results |
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.
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.
These were the following tickets:
| Jose Alejandrino Sr | Jose M. Bayot | |
| Jose Casal | Felicidad Climaco | |
| Pedro Coleto | Jose Gamboa | |
| Fernando Gardoqui | Eliseo Imzon | |
| Melchor Lagasca | Julio A. Llorente | |
| Marcelino Lontok | Sixto Lopez | |
| Mamerto Manalo | Angel Marin | |
| Emilio Medina | Raymundo Melliza | |
| Jose Padilla Sr. | Jose Palarca Sr | |
| Francisco Ramos | Pablo Rocha | |
| Geronimo Santiago | Filemon Sotto | |
| Vicente Sotto Sr | Juan Villamor |
| Jose Alejandrino Sr | Angel Ancajas |
| Mariano Balgos | Isabello Caballero |
| Pedro C. Castro | Severo Dava |
| Mateo del Castillo | Isabelo delos Reyes Jr. |
| Francisco Dematera | Lino Dizon |
| Crisanto Evangelista | Juan Feleo |
| Severino Izon | Manuel Joven |
| Ignacio Nabong (withdrew) | Norberto Nabong |
| Jose M. Nava | Jose Padilla Sr. |
| Datu Tampugao Pagayao | Antonio Paguia |
| Narcisa Paguibitan | Antonio Salvador |
| Hadji Usman |
| Wenceslao Asistido | Gaudencio Bautista | |
| Sixto Bedrus | Ciriaco V. Campomanes | |
| Marcelino Chavez | Esteban Coruna | |
| Alfredo Dumlao | Joaquin Flavier | |
| Jose Jabeon | Mariano Lumbre | |
| Fernando Mangson | Samson Palomares | |
| Vicente Pamatinat | Antonio Ramos | |
| Perfecto Reyes | Antipas Soriano | |
| Florentino Subayno | Aurelio Tankeko | |
| Eulalio Tolentino | Ricardo Valdivia | |
| Prudencio Vega | Pedro Zaragosa |
| Pedro Arteche | Honorio Caringal (withdrew) |
| Vicente del Rosario | Mariano delos Santos |
| Francisco Afan Delgado | Crisanto Evangelista |
| Santiago Fonacier | Melchor Lagasca |
| Manuel Luz | Josefa Martinez |
| Flora Ylagan |
| Manuel Briones |
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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.