1943 Philippine legislative election
The 1943 Philippine legislative election was held on September 20, 1943 to elect the 54 of the 108 members of the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[1]
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All 54 elective seats and 54 ex officio members in the National Assembly of the Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system
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The 1943 Constitution provided for a unicameral National Assembly that was to be composed of provincial governors and city mayors as ex officio members and one delegate for every province and city who were to serve for a term of three years.[2]
Members from the provinces were elected by the provincial, municipal and municipal district committees of the KALIBAPI, while members from the cities were elected by the city and city district committees.[3] Candidates were required to be registered with the KALIBAPI provincial and city committees.[4] Only members of the KALIBAPI provincial, municipal, municipal district, city and city districts were allowed to vote.[3]
A simple plurality of the votes is needed for a candidate to be elected, and ties are resolved by drawing lots.[5]
Results
edit| Party | Seats | |
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| KALIBAPI | 54 | |
| Ex officio seats[a] | 54 | |
| Total | 108 | |
| Source: Pobre, Cesar P., ed. (2000). Philippine Legislature: 100 Years. Quezon City: Philippine Historical Association in cooperation with New Day Publishers. | ||
- ^ Ex officio members are governors from each province and mayors from some cities. All of these members are from the KALIBAPI.
References
edit- ^ Section 1, Executive Order No. 201 of the Chairman of the Executive Commission.
- ^ 1943 Constitution – via Official Gazette.
- ^ a b Section 2, Executive Order No. 201 of the Chairman of the Executive Commission.
- ^ Section 3, Executive Order No. 201 of the Chairman of the Executive Commission.
- ^ Section 14, Executive Order No. 201 of the Chairman of the Executive Commission.