Philippine women's suffrage plebiscite, 1937

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Philippine women's suffrage plebiscite, 1937
The Question of Woman Suffrage[1]
Results
Votes  %
Yes check.svg Yes 444,725 90.94%
X mark.svg No 44,307 9.06%
Total votes 492,032 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 572,130 86%

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The issue concerning women's suffrage in the Philippines was settled in a special plebiscite held on April 30, 1937. Ninety percent of voters were in favor of the measure.

In compliance with the 1935 Constitution, the National Assembly passed a law which extended the right of suffrage to women, a right which still remains.

As mandated by Commonwealth Act No. 34, women who meets the same qualification for men voted in the plebiscite.[2][1]

86 percent of those who registered for the plebiscite made a vote. Those who registered compromises of 29 percent of women voters eligible for the plebiscite.[3]


Plebiscite Results

Ratification Votes
YES 447,725
NO 44,307

See also

References

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