1935 Philippine legislative election

← 1934 September 16, 1935 1938 →
All 89 seats in theNational Assembly of the Philippines 45 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Gil Montilla Manuel Roxas Party Nacionalista Democratico Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia Leader's seat Negros Occidental–3rd Capiz-1st Last election 70 19 Seats won 64 19 Seat change 6
Speaker before election Quintín Paredes Nacionalista Democratico ElectedSpeaker Gil Montilla Nacionalista Democratico

Elections for the members of theFirst National Assembly were held on September 16, 1935, pursuant to theTydings–McDuffie Act, which established theCommonwealth of the Philippines. The leaders of the rulingNacionalista Party,Manuel Quezon andSergio Osmeña reconciled and becamerunning mates in thepresidential election but their supporters, the Democraticos and the Democrata Pro-Independencias respectively, effectively were two separate parties at theNational Assembly elections.

With theSenate abolished, the National Assembly became aunicameral legislature.

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