1946 Philippine House of Representatives elections

The 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.

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 DA Leader Eugenio Pérez Cipriano Primicias, Sr. Luis Taruc Party Nacionalista (Liberal wing) 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 49 60 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 Nacionalista (Liberal wing)

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

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

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49 35 6 5 3

38.89% 45.78% 6.52% Nacionalista (Liberal wing) Nacionalista DA ^[1] ^[2]

¹ Independents: 3.76%

² Others: 4.87%

No seats won: 0.18% (white)

 Summary of the April 23, 1946 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Party		Popular vote		Seats won
		Total	%	Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	1,069,971	45.78%	35	35.71%	60
	Nacionalista (Liberal wing)	908,740	38.89%	49	50.00%	49
	Democratic Alliance	152,410	6.52%	6	6.12%	6
	Popular Front	62,286	2.67%	1	1.02%	1
	Young Philippines	31,222	1.34%	1	1.02%	1
	Popular Democratic	20,089	0.86%	1	1.02%	1
	Laborite	3,324	0.14%	0	0.00%
	Modernist	570	0.02%	0	0.00%
	Republican	516	0.02%	0	0.00%
	Philippine Masses	56	0.00%	0	0.00%
	Independent	87,770	3.76%	5	5.10%	2
Total		2,336,954	100%	98	100%
Valid votes		2,336,954	80.62%
Registered voters		2,898,604	100%
Sources: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos. Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

See also

• 2nd Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

References

1. Dolan, Ronald E, ed. (1991), Philippines: A Country Study, Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress

• 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.
• Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.