Elections for the members of the
First National Assembly were held on September 16, 1935 pursuant to the
Tydings–McDuffie Act, which established the
Commonwealth of the Philippines
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. The leaders of the ruling
Nacionalista Party
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,
Manuel Quezon and
Sergio Osmeña reconciled and became
running mates in the
presidential election
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but their supporters, the Democraticos and the Democrata Pro-Independencias respectively, effectively were two separate parties at the
National Assembly elections.
With the
Senate
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abolished, the National Assembly became a
unicameral legislature.
Results
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Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
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History of the Philippines (1898–1946)
1935 elections in the Philippines