1916 Philippine House of Representatives elections

The elections for the members of the Philippine Assembly were held on June 6, 1916 pursuant to the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 which prescribed elections for every three years. After the passage of the Jones Law on August 29, 1916 in where the Philippine Assembly would be replaced by the House of Representatives of the Philippines or the Lower House, the elected members of the Philippine Assembly would be automatically members of the new House of Representatives.

June 6, 1916

All 90 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
46 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party
		PP
Leader	Sergio Osmeña
Party	Nacionalista	Progresista
Leader's seat	Cebu–2nd
Last election	62 seats, 53.35%	16 seats, 16.18%
Seats won	75	7
Seat change	13	9

Speaker before election

Sergio Osmeña
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Sergio Osmeña
Nacionalista

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Results

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75	7	6	2
Nacionalista	PP	IND	^[1]

¹ Partido Democrata Nacional

**Summary of the June 6, 1916 Philippine House of Representatives election results**
Party		Seats won
Party		Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	75	83.33%	13
	Progresista	7	7.78%	9
	Democrata Nacional	2	2.22%	2
	Independent	6	6.67%	3
Total		90	100%	9
Source: Cesar Pobre. Philippine Legislatures: 100 Years.

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References

The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.

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