1938 Philippine legislative election

Philippine parliamentary election, 1938

November 8, 1938
All 98 seats of the Second National Assembly
Majority party   Leader Jose Y. Yulo Party Nacionalista Leader since 1938 Leader's seat 3rd District, Negros Occidental Last election 83 seats, 82.65% - Seats won 98 - Seat change +15 - Percentage 100.00% -

The Elections for the Second National Assembly were held on November 8, 1938, under a new law that allowed block voting which favored the governing Nacionalista Party. As expected all the 98 seats of the National Assembly went to the Nacionalistas. Jose Yulo who was Quezon's Secretary of Justice from 1934 to 1938, was elected Speaker.

The Second National Assembly embarked on passing legislations strengthening the economy, unfortunately the cloud of the Second World War loomed over the horizon. Certain laws passed by the First National Assembly were modified or repealed to meet existing realities. A controversial immigration law that set an annual limit of 50 immigrants per country which affected mostly Chinese and Japanese nationals escaping the Sino-Japanese War was passed in 1940. Since the law bordered on foreign relations it required the approval of the U.S. President which was nevertheless obtained. When the result of the 1939 census was published, the National Assembly updated the apportionment of legislative districts, which became the basis for the 1941 elections.

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections