1943 Philippine legislative election

The 1943 Philippine legislative election was held on September 20, 1943 to elect the 54 of the 108 members of the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.^[1]

1943 Philippine legislative election

← 1941 September 20, 1943 1946 →
All 54 elective seats and 54 ex officio members in the National Assembly of the Philippines
Majority party   Leader Benigno Aquino Sr. Party KALIBAPI Leader's seat Tarlac Seats before new party Seats won 108 Seat change 108
Speaker before election José Yulo Nacionalista Elected Speaker Benigno Aquino Sr. KALIBAPI

Electoral system

The 1943 Constitution provided for a unicameral National Assembly that was to be composed of provincial governors and city mayors as ex officio members and one delegate for every province and city who were to serve for a term of three years.^[2]

Members from the provinces were elected by the provincial, municipal and municipal district committees of the KALIBAPI, while members from the cities were elected by the city and city district committees.^[3] Candidates were required to be registered with the KALIBAPI provincial and city committees.^[4] Only members of the KALIBAPI provincial, municipal, municipal district, city and city districts were allowed to vote.^[3]

A simple plurality of the votes is needed for a candidate to be elected, and ties are resolved by drawing lots.^[5]

Results

Party		Seats
	KALIBAPI	54
Ex officio seats[a]		54
Total		108
Source: [6]

1. Ex officio members are governors from each province and mayors from some cities. All of these members are from the KALIBAPI.