1946 Philippine House of Representatives elections
April 23, 1946
All 98 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
NL
Leader Eugenio Pérez Cipriano Primicias Sr. Luis Taruc
Party Liberal Nacionalista Democratic Alliance
Leader's seat Pangasinan–2nd Pangasinan–4th Pampanga–2nd
Seats before new party 95 new party
Seats won 49 35 6
Seat change Increase 49 Decrease 60 Increase 6
Popular vote 908,740 1,069,971 152,410
Percentage 38.89% 45.78% 6.52%
Speaker before election

José Zulueta
Nacionalista

 Elected Speaker

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on April 23, 1946. Held on the same day as the presidential election, it was held after the Nacionalista Party had split permanently into two factions: the "conservative" faction headed by president Sergio Osmeña and the "liberal" faction headed by Senate president Manuel Roxas, which later became the Liberal Party. Roxas and the Liberals won the elections, leaving the Nacionalistas with the minority in both houses of Congress.

Candidates from the leftist Democratic Alliance won six seats in the House of Representatives but were not allowed to take their seats on grounds of fraud and violent campaign tactics during the election.[1] Five of them were later restored their seats but only after a constitution amendment concerning parity rights to U.S. citizens was approved. That approval was required by the Bell Trade Act of the United States Congress and led to the 1947 Philippine Parity Rights plebiscite to amend the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nacionalista Party1,069,97145.7835−60
Nacionalista Party (Liberal wing)908,74038.8949New
Democratic Alliance152,4106.526New
Popular Front62,2862.671New
Young Philippines31,2221.341New
Popular Democratic Party20,0890.861New
Laborite Party3,3240.1400
Modernist Party5700.0200
Republican Party5160.0200
Philippine Masses Party560.0000
Independent87,7703.765+2
Total2,336,954100.00980
Registered voters/turnout2,898,604–
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3]
Vote share
NP
 
 45.78%
NP (LW)
 
 38.89%
DA
 
 6.52%
Others
 
 8.81%
Seats
NP
 
 35.71%
NP (LW)
 
 50.00%
DA
 
 6.12%
Others
 
 8.16%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dolan, Ronald E, ed. (1991), Philippines: A Country Study, Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress
  2. ↑ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
  3. ↑ 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.
  • Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
  • Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
  • Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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