1919 Philippine legislative election

none 1919 Philippine legislative election Philippines 1919 June 3, 1919 no 1922 1922 Philippine legislative election June 1916(Assembly) ←Oct. 1916(Senate)  yes Senate election parliamentary no 1916 Philippine Senate elections 1916 1922 Philippine Senate elections 1922 11 of the 24 seats in the Philippine Senate File:Senator Manuel Quezon (Philippine Education).jpg Manuel L. Quezon Nacionalista Party 5th District 21 9 20 1 Honorable Teodoro Sandiko (Delegates from the Philippines).jpg Teodoro Sandiko Democrata Party 3rd District New 1 1 New 1919PhilippineSenateElections.png 280px Election results; each district sent in two seats to the Senate. Senate President Manuel L. Quezon Manuel L. Quezon Nacionalista Party Nacionalista Party parliamentary yes House of Representatives election 1916 1922 All 90 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 46 Don Sergio Osmeña Sr.jpg Sergio Osmeña Cebu–2nd Nacionalista Party 83 8 Senator Claro M. Recto.jpg Claro M. Recto Batangas–3rd Democrata Party 4 5 Speaker Sergio Osmeña Nacionalista Party Sergio Osmeña Nacionalista Party Elections for the Philippine Legislature were held on June 3, 1919,Official Gazette 1919 1132 https://books.google.com/books?id=Bp45AQAAMAAJ 14 June 2024 en pursuant to Jones Law of 1916 which prescribed elections for every three years for both chambers of legislature. Voters elected all 90 members of the House of Representatives in the House of Representatives elections; and 11 out of 24 members of the Senate in the Senate elections. This is the first time that two chambers held elections in the same date. Background Months before the election, Filipino electoral politics had become closely tied to independence demand. With that, Nacionalistas utilized their opportunity to consolidate as the main vehicle for Filipino nationalist aspirations.Renato Constantino, The Philippines: A Past Revisited. With multiple success in the past elections, it strengthen their narrative of Filipino leaders that the institutions installed by the American Insular Government had matured sufficiently for self-government.Grayson Kirk, The Philippines and the United States: Problems of Partnership. The elections reinforced the political power of Senate President Manuel Quezon to emerge as the leading voice for Philippine independence in Washington.Carlos P. Romulo, Quezon of the Philippines. Results Senate results + ↓201111NacionalistaV VacantI IndependentD DemocrataP Progresista Up Before Won After +/− Nacionalista 10 19 9 18 −1 Progresista 0 1 0 1 0 Democrata 0 0 1 1 New Independent 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 672122 717295 AppointedThe two appointed senators were from Nacionalista. Vacancy 0 0 2 0 2 0 House of Representatives results + ↓8377NacionalistaDemocrataIndependent Nacionalista Party 83 +8 Democrata Party 4 +2 Independent 3 −2 0 Notes See also 5th Philippine Legislature 1919 Philippine Senate elections 1919 Philippine House of Representatives elections References 1919 Category:1919 elections in Asia Category:1919 in the Philippines