Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1919

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Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1919

← 1916 June 3, 1919 1922 →

All 90 seats in the House of Representatives
46 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Osmena.jpg Claro M Recto.jpg
Leader Sergio Osmeña Claro M. Recto
Party Nacionalista Democrata
Leader's seat Cebu–2nd Batangas–3rd
Seats before 75 9A
Seats won 83 4
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 5

Speaker before election

Sergio Osmeña
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Sergio Osmeña
Nacionalista

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Elections for the Members of the House of Representatives were held on June 3, 1919 pursuant to the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 which prescribed elections for every three years. The ruling Nacionalista Party increased its majority from 75 seats out of 90 seats in the 1916 election to 83 out of 90 seats in this election.

Results

83 7
Nacionalista Others
e • d Summary of the June 3, 1919 House of Representatives of the Philippines election results
Party Seats won
Total  % +/−
Nacionalista 83 92.22% Increase 8
Democrata 4 4.44% Decrease 5
Independent 3 3.33% Decrease 3
Total 90 100%
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Notes

A. ^ On April 22, 1917, the Progresista and the Democrata Nacional merged together to form the Democrata Party.[1] This led to the combination of their seats which totaled to 9 seats.

References

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