1941 Philippine Senate election
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{{Infobox election
| 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
| image1 = Manuel Roxas.jpg
| leader1 = Manuel Roxas
| party1 = Nacionalista Party
| seats1 = 24
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 24
| image2 = Vicente Yap Sotto 1917.jpg
| leader2 = Vicente Sotto
| party2 = Popular Front (Philippines)
| seats2 = 0
| seat_change2 = 0
| title = Senate President
| before_election =
| after_election = Manuel Roxas
| before_party =
| after_party = Nacionalista Party
| map2 = File:1941 Philippine Senate elections results.svg
| map2_caption = Representation of results
}}
{{Politics of Philippines}}
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.
Electoral system
The electorate voted with plurality block 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.{{cite book|title=Philippine Electoral Almanac|year=2013|publisher=The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office|pages=17|url=http://pcdspo.gov.ph/pub/201305may-election-almanac.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409023000/http://pcdspo.gov.ph/pub/201305may-election-almanac.php|archive-date=2014-04-09}}{{cite book|last=Liang|first=Dapen|title=Philippine Parties & Politics: A Historical Study of National Experience in Democracy}}
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.
Candidates
These were the following tickets:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+Total seats up: 24 ! colspan="2" |Party !Total |
| {{party name with colour|Nacionalista Party}}
|24 |
| {{party name with colour|Popular Front (Philippines)}} (Sumulong wing)
|24 |
| {{party name with colour|Popular Front (Philippines)}} (Abad Santos wing)
|23 |
| {{party name with colour|Ganap Party}}
|22 |
| {{party name with colour|Modernist Party (Philippines)}}
|11 |
| {{party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|1 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!105 |
|---|
| class="wikitable"
! width="20%" |Nacionalista Party (NP) ! width="20%" |Popular Front (Sumulong Wing) (PF-Sumulong) ! width="20%" |Popular Front (Abad Santos Wing) (PF-Abad Santos) ! width="20%" |Ganap Party (GP) ! width="20%" |Modernist Party (MP) |
| Alauya Alonto
|Wenceslao Asistido |Pedro Arteche |
| Nicolas Buendia
|Jose Casal |Mariano Balgos |Sixto Bedrus |Vicente del Rosario |
| Esteban de la Rama
|Pedro Coleto |Pedro C. Castro |Marcelino Chavez |
| Ramon J. Fernandez
|Fernando Gardoqui |Mateo del Castillo |Alfredo Dumlao |
| Pedro Hernaez
|Melchor Lagasca |Francisco Dematera |Jose Jabeon |Manuel Luz |
| Vicente Madrigal
|Marcelino Lontok |Fernando Mangson |Flora Ylagan |
| Rafael Martinez
|Mamerto Manalo |Severino Izon |Vicente Pamatinat |Honorio Caringal (withdrew) |
| Quintin Paredes
|Emilio Medina |Ignacio Nabong (withdrew) |Perfecto Reyes |Mariano delos Santos |
| Vicente Rama
|Jose M. Nava |Florentino Subayno |
| Manuel Roxas
|Francisco Ramos |Datu Tampugao Pagayao |Eulalio Tolentino |Melchor Lagasca |
| Proceso Sebastian
|Geronimo Santiago |Narcisa Paguibitan |Prudencio Vega |Josefa Martinez |
| Ramon Torres
|Hadji Usman |Gaudencio Bautista | rowspan="13" {{n/a}} |
| Melecio Arranz
|Jose M. Bayot |Angel Ancajas |Ciriaco V. Campomanes |
| Mariano Jesus Cuenco
|Felicidad Climaco |Isabello Caballero |Esteban Coruna |
| Antonio de las Alas
|Jose Gamboa |Severo Dava |Joaquin Flavier |
| Carlos P. Garcia
|Eliseo Imzon |Mariano Lumbre |
| Domingo Imperial
|Lino Dizon |Samson Palomares |
| Daniel Maramba
|Antonio Ramos |
| Jose Ozamiz
|Angel Marin |Manuel Joven |Antipas Soriano |
| Elpidio Quirino
|Norberto Nabong |Aurelio Tankeko |
| Claro M. Recto
|Jose Palarca Sr |Ricardo Valdivia |
| Eulogio Rodriguez
|Pablo Rocha |Antonio Paguia |Pedro Zaragosa |
| Emiliano Tria Tirona
|Antonio Salvador | rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |
| Jose Yulo
|{{n/a}} |
| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|+Independents |
| Manuel Briones |
Results
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| Before election
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| Election result
|colspan=24 bgcolor={{party color|Nacionalista Party}} |NP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After election
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= Per candidate =
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,{{Cite web|last=Dooc|first=Emmanuel|date=2020-02-28|title=Claro Mayo Recto: Champion of Filipino nationalism {{!}} Emmanuel Dooc|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/02/28/claro-mayo-recto-champion-of-filipino-nationalism/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=BusinessMirror|language=en-US}} while Mariano Jesus Cuenco finished fifth, and Vicente Rama finished 16th.{{Cite web|last=Oaminal|first=Clarence Paul|title=Don Vicente Rama, the Cebuano who won in the 1941 Senatorial Election|url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2016/05/08/1581354/don-vicente-rama-cebuano-who-won-1941-senatorial-election|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Philstar.com}}
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.
{{Philippine Senate election, 1941}}
= Per party =
{{Election results
|image=300px
|party1=Nacionalista Party
|votes1=23385017
|seats1=24
|party2=Popular Front (Sumulong wing)
|votes2=2888103
|seats2=0
|party3=Popular Front (Abad Santos wing)
|votes3=1581896
|seats3=0
|party4=Ganap Party
|votes4=1053431
|seats4=0
|party5=Modernist Party
|votes5=207869
|seats5=0
|party6=Independent
|votes6=118804
|seats6=0
|source={{cite web|title=Electoral Politics in the Philippines|author=Julio Teehankee|url=http://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Electoral%20Politics%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf|publisher=quezon.ph}} (Seat totals)
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041205193215/http://www.pangulo.ph/election_results.php The Philippine Presidency Project]
- [http://www.comelec.gov.ph Official website of the Commission on Elections]
{{Philippine elections}}