1936 Philippine National Assembly special elections
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Four special elections (known elsewhere as "by-elections") to the National Assembly of the Philippines, the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, were done on September 1, 1936. These were to fill up vacancies from four seats.
Electoral system
[edit]The seats in the National Assembly were elected from single member districts, under the first-past-the-post voting system.
The following seats were up for election:[1]
Special elections
[edit]Abra
[edit]The seat from Abra was vacated when incumbent Quintín Paredes was appointed Resident Commissioner to the United States, the Commonwealth of the Philippines's delegate in the United States Congress.[1]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Agapito Garduque | 3,320 | 47.19 |
| Jesus Paredes | 2,525 | 35.89 |
| Adolfo Brillantes | 1,190 | 16.92 |
| Total | 7,035 | 100.00 |
| Majority | 795 | 11.3 |
Ilocos Norte's 2nd district
[edit]The seat from Ilocos Norte's 2nd district was vacated when assemblyman-elect Julio Nalundasan was shot at his home in Batac just right after the 1935 legislative election.[1] Nalundasan was murdered on September 20, 1935 while he was brushing his teeth. Ferdinand Marcos, the future president and son of Nalundasan's opponent Mariano, among others, was convicted of murder, but that was reversed on appeal years later.[2]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ulpiano Arzadon | 7,452 | 68.90 |
| Mariano Marcos | 2,597 | 24.01 |
| Juan Root | 766 | 7.08 |
| Total | 10,815 | 100.00 |
| Majority | 4,855 | 44.89 |
Leyte's 4th district
[edit]The seat from Leyte's 4th district was vacated when incumbent Francisco Enage was appointed to be a member of the technical staff at Malacañang Palace.[1]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Norberto Romualdez | 7,033 | 76.32 |
| Antonio Marcos | 2,182 | 23.68 |
| Total | 9,215 | 100.00 |
| Majority | 4,851 | 52.64 |
Samar's 2nd district
[edit]The seat from Samar's 2nd district was vacated when incumbent Serafin Marabut was appointed to be undersecretary of finance and director of the Budget Office (now the Secretary of Budget and Management).[1]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Pascual Azanza | 4,722 | 59.34 |
| Leocaldo Tanseco | 3,236 | 40.66 |
| Total | 7,958 | 100.00 |
| Majority | 1,486 | 18.67 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior to His Excellency President of the Philippines for the Fiscal Year 1936. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1937.
- ^ Gomez, Buddy (September 9, 2015). "Murder most foul: Marcos' youthful exuberance". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 30, 2021.