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1919 Philippine Senate election
Election results; each district sent in two seats to the Senate.
Senatorial elections happened on June 3, 1919 in the
Philippines under the
Jones Law provisions. There were 717,295 registered voters, of whom 672,122, or 92 percent, voted.
Electoral system
In a
staggered election , the seats of the senators who were second place
in 1916 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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