1922 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1922 Philippine House of Representatives elections
All 93 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines; 47 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Sergio Osmeña; Nacionalista Unipersonalista	Elected Speaker ; Manuel Roxas; Nacionalista Colectivista

Elections for the members of the House of Representatives were held on June 6, 1922, pursuant to the Philippine Organic Act of 1902, which prescribed holding elections every three years. The ruling Nacionalista Party was split into the Colectivista (headed by Manuel Quezon) and the Unipersonalista (headed by Sergio Osmeña) factions.^[1] If combined, both blocs formed the largest party grouping in the House, with 64 of the 93 members. The Democrata Party emerged as the strongest opposition party since then Progresistas of the 1910s, winning 25 seats.

Results

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35	29	26	3
Nacionalista Colectivista	Nacionalista Unipersonalista	Democrata	I


Party		Seats	+/–
	Nacionalista Colectivista	35	New
	Nacionalista Unipersonalista	29	New
	Democrata Party	26	+22
	Independent	3	0
Total		93	+3

Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. ISBN 9780199249596.

Note

A. ^ The combined number of seats of the Nacionalista Party before it was divided into two factions.

References

Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.

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