1919 Philippine Senate elections
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11 (of the 24) seats in the Philippine Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results; each district sent in two seats to the Senate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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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[a] | 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 |
- ^ The two appointed senators were from the Nacionalista Party.
See also
- 1919 Philippine House of Representatives elections
- 5th Philippine Legislature
- Commission on Elections
- Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine elections
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