7th Philippine House of Representatives elections
Elections for theHouse of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 11, 1941, with the rulingNacionalista Party retaining a majority of the seats. Still, the party was prevented a clean sweep when three independents were elected. The elected congressmen were supposed to serve from December 30, 1941, to December 30, 1945, butWorld War II broke out andImperial Japan invaded thePhilippines on December 8, 1941, setting up apuppet Second Philippine Republic which then organized theNational Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic , whose members wereelected in 1943 .[ 1] [ 2]
The Philippines was liberated by theAllied Powers in 1945 and the acts of the Second Republic were nullified; elected representatives who survived the war and were not interned for collaboration with the Japanese served until those who won in elections that were heldin 1946 took office.
The House of Representatives has at most 120 seats, 98 seats for this election, all voted viafirst-past-the-post insingle-member districts . Eachprovince is guaranteed at least onecongressional district , with bigger provinces divided into two or more districts.
Congress has the power of redistricting three years after eachcensus .
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