1919 Philippine Senate elections

1919 Philippine Senate election

June 3, 1919
11 (of the 24) seats in the Philippine Senate
Majority party Minority party   Leader Manuel L. Quezon Teodoro Sandiko Party Nacionalista Democrata Leader's seat 5th District 3rd District Seats before 21 New Seats won 9 1 Seats after 20 1 Seat change 1 New
Election results; each district sent in two seats to the Senate.
Senate President before election Manuel L. Quezon Nacionalista Elected Senate President Manuel L. Quezon Nacionalista

Senatorial elections happened on June 3, 1919 in the Philippines under the Jones Law provisions. There were 717,295 registered voters, of whom 672,122, or 92 percent, voted.

Electoral system

In a staggered election, the seats of the senators who were second place in 1916 were up for election. The Philippines is divided into 12 senatorial districts, of which all districts save for the 12th district, has one of its seats up. In the 12th district, any vacancy is filled via appointment of the Governor-General. The election itself is via first-past-the-post.

Results

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20 1 1 1 1 Nacionalista V I D P

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party			10	19	9	18	−1
	Progresista Party			0	1	0	1	0
	Democrata Party			0	0	1	1	New
	Independent			1	1	1	1	0
Appointed				0	2	0	2	0
Vacancy				0	1	0	1	0
Total				11	24	11	24	0
Total votes		672,122	–
Registered voters/turnout		717,295	93.70

See also

• 1919 Philippine House of Representatives elections
• 5th Philippine Legislature
• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections