Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1916

October 3, 1916

All 90 seats in the House of Representatives 46 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Sergio Osmeña
Party	Nacionalista	Progresista
Leader's seat	Cebu–2nd
Last election	62 seats, 53.35%	16 seats, 16.18%
Seats before	62	16
Seats won	75	7
Seat change	13	9

Speaker before election

Sergio Osmeña
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Sergio Osmeña
Nacionalista

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The Elections for the Members of the Philippine Assembly were held on June 6, 1916 pursuant to the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 which prescribed elections for every three years. After the passage of the Jones Law on August 29, 1916 in where the Philippine Assembly would be replaced by the House of Representatives of the Philippines or the Lower House, the elected members of the Philippine Assembly would be automatically members of the new House of Representatives.

Results

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75	15
Nacionalista	Others

Summary of the October 3, 1916 House of Representatives of the Philippines election results


Party		Seats won
Party		Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	75	83.33%	13
	Progresista	7	7.78%	9
	Independent	6	6.67%	3
	Democrata Nacional	2	2.22%	2
Total		90	100%
Source: Philippine Legislatures: 100 Years by Cesar Pobre

References

The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.

Elections and referendums in the Philippines

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Constitutional Conventions	1934 1970

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Referendums	1935 1937 1939 1940 1947 1967 1973 (Jan) 1973 (Jul) 1975 1976 1977 1981 (Apr) 1981 (Jun) 1984 1987

See also: Local elections and referendums in the Philippines

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