Elections for the members of the First National Assembly were held on September 16, 1935 pursuant to the

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, which established the Commonwealth of the Philippines. The leaders of the ruling Nacionalista Party,

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and

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reconciled and became

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in the

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but their supporters, the Democraticos and the Democrata Pro-Independencias respectively, effectively were two separate parties at the

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elections. With the Senate abolished, the National Assembly became a

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legislature.

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