Philippine local elections, 1937

Philippine local election, 1937

December 14, 1937

Philippines
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Legislature Congress Senate Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III President pro tempore Franklin Drilon Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto III Minority Floor Leader Ralph Recto House of Representatives Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez Deputy Speakers Eric Singson Mercedes Alvarez Fredenil Castro Raneo Abu Miro Quimbo Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Fariñas Minority Floor Leader Danilo Suarez
Executive President of the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Vice President Leni Robredo Cabinet Executive departments Local government
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno Carpio Velasco Leonardo-De Castro Brion Peralta Bersamin Del Castillo Perez Mendoza Reyes Perlas-Bernabe Leonen Jardeleza Caguioa Court of Appeals Regional Trial Courts Sandiganbayan (special appellate) Ombudsman Katarungang Pambarangay (barangay justice)
Constitutional Commissions Civil Service Commission Chairperson Alicia dela Rosa-Bala Commission on Elections Chairman Andres D. Bautista Commission on Audit Chairman Michael G. Aguinaldo
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Political parties Liberal Party Lakas–CMD Nationalist People's Coalition Nacionalista Party National Unity Party United Nationalist Alliance
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Local elections were held December 14, 1937 in the Philippines. All Philippine women were allowed to vote and elect among them into public offices. One of the famous examples is the election of Carmen Planas as Councilor of the City of Manila.

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines

External links

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections

Local elections and plebiscites in the Philippines
Local elections	1895 1899 1905 1909 1912 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1941 1943 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1980 1988 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016
Gubernatorial	1902 1904 1905 1908 1912 1916 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1941 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1980 1988 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016
Regional (Autonomous)	1990 1993 1996 2001 2005 2008 2013 2016
Barangay	1975 (KB) 1979 (SP) 1980 (KB) 1982 (B) 1989 (B) 1992 (SK) 1994 (B) 1996 (SK) 1997 (B) 2002 2007 2010 2013 (B) 2016 (B)
Plebiscites	1963 Samar 1967 Agusan 1971 Quirino and Siquijor 1977 Southern Philippines 1979 Aurora 1989 ARMM 1990 CAR 1992 Biliran, Guimaras and Sarangani 1995 Kalinga Apayao 1995 Isabela 1998 CAR 1998 Compostela Valley 2001 Zamboanga Sibugay 2001 ARMM 2006 Dinagat Islands 2006 Shariff Kabunsuan 2008 Quezon del Sur 2013 Davao Occidental Bangsamoro
Provinces	Abra Agusan del Norte Agusan del Sur Aklan Albay Antique Apayao Aurora Basilan Bataan Batanes Batangas Benguet Biliran Bohol Bukidnon Bulacan Cagayan Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Camiguin Capiz Catanduanes Cavite Cebu Compostela Valley Cotabato Davao del Norte Davao del Sur Davao Occidental Davao Oriental Eastern Samar Guimaras Ifugao Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur Iloilo Isabela Kalinga La Union Laguna Lanao del Norte Lanao del Sur Leyte Maguindanao Marinduque Masbate Metro Manila* Misamis Occidental Misamis Oriental Mountain Province Negros Occidental Negros Oriental Northern Samar Nueva Ecija Nueva Vizcaya Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Palawan Pampanga Pangasinan Quezon Quirino Rizal Romblon Samar Sarangani Siquijor Sorsogon South Cotabato Southern Leyte Sultan Kudarat Sulu Surigao del Norte Surigao del Sur Tarlac Tawi-Tawi Zambales Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga Sibugay
*An administrative region, but included for purposes of comparison.