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1936 Philippine legislative special elections
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1936 Philippine National Assembly special elections Philippines 1936 parliamentary no 1935 Philippine legislative election 1935 1938 Philippine legislative election 1938 September 1, 1936 Four of 89 seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines Nacionalista Party 2 2 Nacionalista Democratico 2 2
Four special elections (known elsewhere as "by-elections") to the National Assembly of the Philippines, the legislature of the Commonwealth 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:
Abra's at-large district
Ilocos Norte's 2nd district
Leyte's 4th district
Samar's 2nd district
Special elections
Abra
Abra's at-large congressional district
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.https://books.google.com/books?id=14oybe34OJ4C&dq=1936+ilocos+norte+special+election&pg=PA30 Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior to His Excellency President of the Philippines for the Fiscal Year 1936 1937 Bureau of Printing Manila en
1936 Abra's at-large National Assembly district special election Agapito Garduque Nacionalista 3320 Jesus Paredes 2525 Adolfo Brillantes 1190 795 11.30
Ilocos Norte's 2nd district
Ilocos Norte's 2nd congressional district
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. 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.Gomez Buddy September 9, 2015 Murder most foul: Marcos' youthful exuberance https://www.abs-cbn.com/blogs/opinions/09/09/15/murder-most-foul-marcos-youthful-exuberance September 30, 2021 ABS-CBN News en
1936 Ilocos Norte's 2nd National Assembly district special election Ulpiano Arzadon Nacionalista Democratico 7452 Mariano Marcos Nacionalista 2597 Juan Root 766 4855 44.89
Leyte's 4th district
Leyte's 4th congressional district
The seat from Leyte's 4th district was vacated when incumbent Francisco Enage was appointed to be a member of the technical staff at Malacañang Palace.
1936 Leyte's 4th National Assembly district special election Norberto Romualdez Nacionalista 7033 Antonio Marcos 2182 4851 52.64
Samar's 2nd district
Samar's 2nd congressional district
The seat from Samar's 2nd district was vacated when incumbent Serafin Marabut was appointed to be undersecretary of finance and director of the Budget Office (now the Secretary of Budget and Management).
1936 Samar's 2nd National Assembly district special election Pascual Azanza Nacionalista Democratico 4722 Leocaldo Tanseco 3236 1486 18.67
See also
1940 Philippine National Assembly special elections
References
External links
Proclamation No. 70, s. 1936
Category:1936 elections in the Philippines
Category:Special elections to the National Assembly of the Philippines
Category:Elections in Leyte (province)
Category:Politics of Abra (province)
Category:Politics of Ilocos Norte
Category:Elections in Samar (province)
Category:September 1936 in Asia