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“The Nacionalista Party presents before you its candidates and seeks your continued confidence… A vote for the Nacionalista Party is a vote for progress, for a united and prosperous Philippines.”
ABOVE: A spread on the November 5, 1941 edition of The Tribune, showcasing the official candidates of the reigning Nacionalista Party. [We are especially fond of the part where it refers to other political parties, thusly: “A vote for any of them is surely a vote for chaos, for retrogression, and for disruption of our present plans and activities.”]
President Manuel L. Quezon and Vice President Sergio Osmeña were both re-elected. And in an historic electoral triumph, the voters swept into office an all-Nacionalista Senate, the first and last time that all 24 seats were won by a single party. [And of those 24 Senators, three would eventually become President.]
Further reading: The Philippine Electoral Almanac, the PCDSPO’s handy resource for all things Philippine national elections from 1935 onwards.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/c34c82ed33d9c70fbb3b4db75f9dd29f/tumblr_mmtq0xsXE21qifq8yo1_1280.jpg)
“The Nacionalista Party presents before you its candidates and seeks your continued confidence… A vote for the Nacionalista Party is a vote for progress, for a united and prosperous Philippines.”
ABOVE: A spread on the November 5, 1941 edition of The Tribune, showcasing the official candidates of the reigning Nacionalista Party. [We are especially fond of the part where it refers to other political parties, thusly: “A vote for any of them is surely a vote for chaos, for retrogression, and for disruption of our present plans and activities.”]
President Manuel L. Quezon and Vice President Sergio Osmeña were both re-elected. And in an historic electoral triumph, the voters swept into office an all-Nacionalista Senate, the first and last time that all 24 seats were won by a single party. [And of those 24 Senators, three would eventually become President.]
- Further reading: The Philippine Electoral Almanac, the PCDSPO’s handy resource for all things Philippine national elections from 1935 onwards.
Jeepneys rumble past the Legislative Building, circa 1960. The Manila City Hall and the famous clock tower stand in the background.
Heavily shelled during the Second World War, the Legislative Building was rebuilt and made ready for use by 1949.
TODAY IN HISTORY: In a 1909 ceremony, the cornerstone of the Legislative Building (which now houses the National Museum of the Philippines) was symbolically laid.
- Learn more about the history of the Legislative Building.
Sylvia Plath’s copy of The Great Gatsby
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On March 25, 1935, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt certified the draft constitution submitted by the Constitutional Convention of 1934.
Thereafter, the Filipino people voted to ratified this draft, via plebiscite, on May 14, 1935.
In the photo: President Roosevelt certifying the 1935 constitution.
Learn more about the electoral history of the Philippines here.
Download the Philippine Electoral Almanac here.
The first thing both maps tell you is that both sides ran a conventional campaign: they concentrated their time and efforts on places where the most votes could be found. The number of times specific areas were visited, also suggests that the two sides had mapped out where they felt opportunities and challenges existed; and finally, where they decided their time, efforts, and funds, would be best spent.
Map 4 shows where UNA held its sorties, as far as the national campaign is concerned. It suggests where the opposition believed fertile ground to exist; or where it believed it needed to take the fight or defend its advantages.
Map 5, on the other hand, shows the areas of concentration of the administration, with one additional factor that will probably be mulled over by the analysts once the results are in: namely, the places where the sorties were personally led by the President (suggesting the administration’s own perception of the strength of presidential endorsement, which will then be studied in terms of the outcome, to see the effects, if any and to what extent, of that endorsement).
Why not check out the Philippine Electoral Almanac? A useful compendium of information, charts, graphs, and data on Philippine elections.
And you can read more in my article:
Now let’s zoom in, so to speak, on Map 3, which shows the Lingayen-Lucena “corridor,” with the respective percentage of the national vote each area within represents. These are areas, as the chart explains, which are often targeted for initial surveys when candidates and parties are considering their electoral chances; and which become a crucial battleground because residents are easily reachable by means of the media.
Why not check out the Philippine Electoral Almanac? A useful compendium of information, charts, graphs, and data on Philippine elections.
And you can read more in my article:
Now as for Map 2, it shows the top ten “vote-rich” provinces nationally, as well as the votes of Metro Manila, again, vis-à-vis the national whole. These areas not only have large voting populations: they have high percentages of voter turnout.
Why not check out the Philippine Electoral Almanac? A useful compendium of information, charts, graphs, and data on Philippine elections.
And you can read more in my article:
Take a look at Map 1, which shows where the votes are, as a percentage of the national whole. Luzon exceeds the Visayas and Mindanao combined.
Why not check out the Philippine Electoral Almanac? A useful compendium of information, charts, graphs, and data on Philippine elections.
And you can read more in my article:
Pulse Asia’s final pre-election survey, conducted May 10-11, 2013. It will be interesting to compare this with the final official results of the 2013 midterms.
Mid-term elections also serve as referendums on the sitting administration. Here’s the scorecard from the first midterm election in 1928, to the most recent, in 2010.
Why not check out the Philippine Electoral Almanac? A useful compendium of information, charts, graphs, and data on Philippine elections.
And you can read more in my article:
I, Ramon Magsaysay, am a duly qualified voter.
For the 1953 elections, Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay was recruited by the Nacionalista Party to challenge incumbent President Elpidio Quirino. The elections resulted in the biggest first term landslide win in Philippine Presidential electoral history—a feat which remains unsurpassed even now.
- Go out and vote, kids: some reminders from the Official Gazette.
- The Philippine Electoral Almanac: a handy resource on Philippine national elections from 1935 onwards.
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