1931 Philippine Senate elections

1931 Philippine Senate elections

June 2, 1931
11 of the 24 seats in the Philippine Senate
Majority party Minority party   Leader Manuel L. Quezon Claro M. Recto Party Nacionalista Democrata Leader's seat 5th District 5th District Seats before 17 6 Seats won 7 4 Seats after 17 6 Seat change
Senate President before election Manuel L. Quezon Nacionalista Elected Senate President Manuel L. Quezon Nacionalista

Legislative elections happened on June 2, 1931 in the Philippines under the Jones Law provisions.

Electoral system

In a staggered election, the seats of the senators who were first disputed in 1919 were up for election. The Philippines is divided into 12 senatorial districts, of which all districts save for the 12th district, has one of its seats up. In the 12th district, any vacancy is filled via appointment of the Governor-General. The election itself is via first-past-the-post.

Results

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17 1 6 Nacionalista I Democrata

Philippines's 1st senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Elpidio Quirino	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	39,011	42.28
	Benito T. Soliven	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	28,459	30.85
	Santiago Fonacier	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	19,289	20.91
	Romarico Agcaoili	Partido Democrata Nacional	5,504	5.97
Total			92,263	100.00
Total votes			92,263	–

Philippines's 2nd senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alejo Mabanag	Partido Democrata Nacional	58,933	54.65
	Alejandro de Guzman	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	48,914	45.35
Total			107,847	100.00
Total votes			107,847	–

Philippines's 3rd senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sotero Baluyut	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	75,353	56.74
	Jose Padilla Sr.	Partido Democrata Nacional	57,444	43.26
Total			132,797	100.00
Total votes			132,797	–

Philippines's 4th senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Juan Nolasco	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	42,163	41.44
	Gregorio Perfecto	Partido Democrata Nacional	37,709	37.07
	Eulogio Benitez	Partido Radikal	15,865	15.59
	Crisanto Evangelista	Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas	6,000	5.90
Total			101,737	100.00
Total votes			101,737	–

Philippines's 5th senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Claro M. Recto	Partido Democrata Nacional	65,608	54.58
	Jose P. Laurel	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	54,594	45.42
Total			120,202	100.00
Total votes			120,202	–

Philippines's 6th senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Juan B. Alegre	Partido Democrata Nacional	54,483	54.26
	Jose O. Vera	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	45,924	45.74
Total			100,407	100.00
Total votes			100,407	–

Philippines's 7th senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ruperto Montinola	Partido Democrata Nacional	41,032	55.12
	Serafin Villanueva	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	33,413	44.88
Total			74,445	100.00
Total votes			74,445	–

Philippines's 8th senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gil Montilla	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	75,772	46.33
	Matias Hilado	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	69,538	42.52
	Jose Locsin	Partido Democrata Nacional	11,324	6.92
	Eulalio del Pilar	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	6,897	4.22
Total			163,531	100.00
Total votes			163,531	–

Philippines's 9th senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jose Maria Veloso	Partido Democrata Nacional	43,252	52.16
	Jorge B. Delgado	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	39,677	47.84
Total			82,929	100.00
Total votes			82,929	–

Philippines's 10th senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Manuel Briones	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	65,034	73.49
	Vicente Sotto	Partido Democrata Nacional	23,412	26.46
	Nicolas Veloso	Independent	42	0.05
	Pedro Rodriguez	Independent	0	0.00
Total			88,488	100.00
Total votes			88,488	–

Philippines's 11th senatorial district

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Juan Torralba	Independent	29,854	47.23
	Jose Artadi	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado	24,854	39.32
	Pedro Coleto	Partido Democrata Nacional	8,508	13.46
Total			63,216	100.00
Total votes			63,216	–

Philippines's 12th senatorial district*

Candidate		Party
	Jamalul Kiram II	Independent
	Ludovico Hidrosollo	Partido Nacionalista Consolidado
Total

• Non-elective positions. Appointed by the American Governor-General

August 18, 1931 Special Election for Philippines's 6th senatorial district

To serve the unexpired term of Senator Juan B. Alegre, who died in office on June 14, 1931. The winner will serve until 1935.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jose O. Vera	Partido Nacionalista	22,476	53.45
	Julian Ocampo	Partido Democrata Nacional	19,572	46.55
Total			42,048	100.00

Party		Seats
		Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista	7	16	7	16	0
	Democrata	4	6	4	6	0
Appointed		0	2	0	2	0
Total		11	24	11	24	0

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections