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1935 Philippine constitutional plebiscite

Field	Value
date	14 May 1935
country	The Philippines
flag_year	1919
title	⁠Do you vote for the ratification of the Constitution of the Philippines, with the Ordinance appended thereto?
image	Signing_the_Constitution_of_the_Philippine_Commonwealth,_23_March_1935.jpg
caption	23 March 1935: Seated, left to right: George H. Dern, Secretary of War; President Franklin D. Roosevelt, signing the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines; Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippine Senate.
yes	1,213,046
no	44,963
total	1,258,009
electorate	1,935,972

A constitutional plebiscite held in the Philippines on 14 May 1935 ratified the 1935 Philippine Constitution which established the Philippine Commonwealth. The constitution had been written in 1934 by the Constitutional Convention of 1934.

The Tydings–McDuffie Act of the United States Government detailed the steps required for the Philippines to become independent of the United States. A previous act, the Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act, had been rejected by the Philippine Congress.

The constitution was approved by 96% of voters, and was replaced by the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines.

This is also the first vote in the Philippines participated by women. 200,000 women were estimated to have took part. However the new 1935 Constitution abolished women's suffrage granted through Act No. 4112 of 1933 which was never exercised for a regular election. Women's suffrage was later granted at the 1937 plebiscite.

Question

Results

Results by province

Province/City	Yes	No
Abra	9,806	161
Agusan	6,655	163
Albay	39,200	1,084
Antique	13,255	407
Bataan	13,403	165
Batanes	606	582
Batangas	45,771	561
Baguio	557	181
Bohol	33,260	2,229
Bukidnon	1,380	122
Bulacan	46,972	666
Cagayan	19,146	3,355
Camarines Norte	10,994	82
Camarines Sur	28,648	890
Capiz	27,258	153
Cavite	22,189	456
Cebu	51,623	1,712
Cotabato	10,653	510
Davao	4,261	2,232
Ilocos Norte	23,790	1,367
Ilocos Sur	21,551	2,141
Iloilo	65,990	741
Isabela	15,348	2,253
La Union	19,783	1,880
Laguna	43,354	646
Lanao	1,710	1,559
Leyte	67,108	1,225
Manila	48,628	1,197
Marinduque	9,213	136
Masbate	11,891	159
Mindoro	9,034	293
Misamis Occidental	13,035	112
Misamis Oriental	16,285	326
Mountain Province	1,710	1,559
Negros Occidental	55,670	1,039
Negros Oriental	19,805	522
Nueva Ecija	39,983	864
Nueva Vizcaya	4,820	713
Palawan	4,686	868
Pampanga	29,011	1,276
Pangasinan	78,886	3,588
Rizal	56,389	690
Romblon	5,811	352
Samar	34,549	933
Sorsogon	31,736	106
Sulu	1,435	374
Surigao	12,581	814
Tarlac	20,346	898
Tayabas	38,617	728
Zambales	9.968	366
Zamboanga	14,202	595
1,213,046	44,963
Source: Bureau of Printing

References

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Benitez, Conrado. (1935). "The New Philippine Constitution". Pacific Affairs.
Kalaw, Maximo M.. (1935). "The New Constitution of the Philippine Commonwealth". Foreign Affairs.
(27 December 1936). "Philippine Women Seek Vote; 300,000 Must Register Approval at April Plebiscite As a Requisite to Obtaining the Franchise". New York Times.
(25 August 1935). "Filipino Fight on for Vote: Suffrage, Joyfully Hailed, Is Being Shunted From Political Scene.". New York Times.
(2021). "Manuel L. Quezon and the Filipino women's suffrage movement of 1937". UP College of Mass Communication.
(10 May 1937). "The Philippines: Votes for Women". Time.
Section 6, Act No. 4200
(1935). "The Philippine Statistical Review". Bureau of Printing.

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