1936 Philippine National Assembly special elections

Four special elections (known elsewhere as "by-elections") to the National Assembly of the Philippines, the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, were done on September 1, 1936. These were to fill up vacancies from four seats.

1936 Philippine National Assembly special elections

← 1935 September 1, 1936 1938 →

Four of 89 seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines
  First party
 
Leader Gil Montilla
Party Nacionalista
Leader's seat Negros Occidental–3rd
Seats won 4

Electoral system

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The seats in the National Assembly were elected from single member districts, under the first-past-the-post voting system.

The following seats were up for election:[1]

Special elections

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Abra

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The seat from Abra was vacated when incumbent Quintín Paredes was appointed Resident Commissioner to the United States, the Commonwealth of the Philippines's delegate in the United States Congress.[1]

1936 Abra's at-large National Assembly district special election
CandidateVotes%
Agapito Garduque3,32047.19
Jesus Paredes2,52535.89
Adolfo Brillantes1,19016.92
Total7,035100.00
Majority79511.3

Ilocos Norte's 2nd district

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The seat from Ilocos Norte's 2nd district was vacated when assemblyman-elect Julio Nalundasan was shot at his home in Batac just right after the 1935 legislative election.[1] Nalundasan was murdered on September 20, 1935 while he was brushing his teeth. Ferdinand Marcos, the future president and son of Nalundasan's opponent Mariano, among others, was convicted of murder, but that was reversed on appeal years later.[2]

1936 Ilocos Norte's 2nd National Assembly district special election
CandidateVotes%
Ulpiano Arzadon7,45268.90
Mariano Marcos2,59724.01
Juan Root7667.08
Total10,815100.00
Majority4,85544.89

Leyte's 4th district

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The seat from Leyte's 4th district was vacated when incumbent Francisco Enage was appointed to be a member of the technical staff at Malacañang Palace.[1]

1936 Leyte's 4th National Assembly district special election
CandidateVotes%
Norberto Romualdez7,03376.32
Antonio Marcos2,18223.68
Total9,215100.00
Majority4,85152.64

Samar's 2nd district

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The seat from Samar's 2nd district was vacated when incumbent Serafin Marabut was appointed to be undersecretary of finance and director of the Budget Office (now the Secretary of Budget and Management).[1]

1936 Samar's 2nd National Assembly district special election
CandidateVotes%
Pascual Azanza4,72259.34
Leocaldo Tanseco3,23640.66
Total7,958100.00
Majority1,48618.67

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior to His Excellency President of the Philippines for the Fiscal Year 1936. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1937.
  2. ^ Gomez, Buddy (September 9, 2015). "Murder most foul: Marcos' youthful exuberance". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
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