1938 Philippine legislative election

none 1938 Philippine legislative election Philippines 1936 legislative no 1935 Philippine legislative election 1935 1941(House) →1941(Senate)  November 8, 1938 All 98 seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines 50 José Yulo.jpg José Yulo Negros Occidental–3rd Nacionalista Party 98 15 Speaker Gil Montilla NacionalistaDemocratico José Yulo Nacionalista Party Elections for the Second National Assembly were held on November 8, 1938, under a new law that allowed block voting,Oaminal Clarence Paul Roque V. Desquitado, first bar topnotcher outside of Cebu City https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2014/09/08/1366742/roque-v-desquitado-first-bar-topnotcher-outside-cebu-city 8 February 2024 Philstar.com 8 September 2014 which favored the governing Nacionalista Party (formerly divided into the Democratica and the Pro-Independencia factions, which later reconciled). As expected all, the 98 seats of the National Assembly went to the Nacionalistas. The elected members would serve in the 2nd National Assembly of the Philippines from 1938 to 1941. José Yulo, who was Quezon' Secretary of Justice from 1934 to 1938, was elected Speaker. Summary Ahead of the first midterm polls in the country, the two factions of the Nacionalista Party had already reunited. The party went into the 1938 Elections with the confidence of having practically every branch of government under the control of its stalwarts. This reconsolidation of political forces left the opposition in tatters, with the Allied Minorities, a loose caucus of opposition parties, failing to stop the Nacionalista bid. The elections of 1938 proved to be historic in two ways: It was the first and last time that a single party would secure 100 percent of the seats in the legislature, with the Nacionalistas winning all 98 seats; and it ushered in the years of one-party rule in the country.Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Philippine Electoral Almanac 2013 11 Results + ↓98Nacionalista Nacionalista Party 98 New Allied Minorities 0 0 Independent 0 −6 0 Electoral Politics in the Philippines Julio Teehankee http://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Electoral%20Politics%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf quezon.ph Presidential Communications Development & Strategic Planning Office Philippine Electoral Almanac Revised And Expanded 2015 https://archive.org/details/philippine-electoral-almanac-revised-and-expanded Contributions The Second National Assembly embarked on passing legislations strengthening the economy, the cloud of the Second World War loomed over the horizon. Certain laws passed by the First National Assembly were modified or repealed to meet existing realities.Commonwealth Act (CA) No. 494 amended CA 444 "Eight Hour Law" authorizing the President to suspend the law. A controversial immigration law that set an annual limit of 50 immigrants per country whichImmigration Act of 1940 (CA No. 613), Sec. 13. Accessed on April 13, 2007 affected mostly Chinese and Japanese nationals escaping the Sino-Japanese War was passed in 1940. Since the law bordered on foreign relations it required the approval of the U.S. president which was nevertheless obtained. When the result of the 1939 census was published, the National Assembly updated the apportionment of legislative districts, which became the basis for the 1941 elections. See also 2nd National Assembly of the Philippines References External links Official website of the Commission on Elections 1938 National Assembly Election Category:November 1938 in Asia Category:1938 elections in Asia