The 1935 Philippine general election was the first general election of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. This was also the first direct election of the President of the Philippines and Vice President of the Philippines, positions created by the 1935 constitution. Furthermore, members of the National Assembly of the Philippines, that replaced the Philippine Legislature were elected.

The Nacionalista Party, which was split into two camps supporting Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña, and reconciled prior to the election, maintained its electoral superiority, with Quezon winning the presidency, Osmeña the vice presidency, and majority of the National Assembly seats.

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Manuel L. QuezonNacionalista Party695,33267.98
Emilio AguinaldoNational Socialist Party179,34917.53
Gregorio AglipayRepublican Party148,01014.47
Pascual RacuyalIndependent1580.02
Total1,022,849100.00

Vice president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Sergio OsmeñaNacionalista Party812,35286.91
Raymundo MellizaNational Socialist Party70,8997.59
Norberto NabongRepublican Party[lower-alpha 1]51,4435.50
Total934,694100.00
  1. ↑ Member of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas carrying the Republican Party banner

National Assembly

PartySeats+/–
Nacionalista Democratico64New
Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia19New
Independent6New
Total89−3
Source: Teehankee[1] and PCDSPO[2]
  1. ↑ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.
  2. ↑ Presidential Communications Development & Strategic Planning Office (2015). Philippine Electoral Almanac (Revised and expanded ed.). Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office – via Internet Archive.
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