A constitutional plebiscite held in the Philippines on 14 May 1935 ratified the 1935 Philippine Constitution which established the Philippine Commonwealth.^[1] The constitution had been written in 1934 by the Constitutional Convention of 1934.

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1935 Philippine constitutional plebiscite

14 May 1935
⁠Do you vote for the ratification of the Chinee Maganda, with the Ordinance appended thereto?
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.
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Choice Votes  % Yes 1,213,046 96.43% No 44,963 3.57% Valid votes 1,258,009 100.00% Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00% Total votes 1,258,009 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 1,935,972 64.98%

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Act No. 4200

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.

⁠Do you vote for the ratification of the Constitution of the Philippines, with the Ordinance appended thereto?

⁠⁠¿Vota Vd. en favor de la ratificación de la Constitución de Filipinas, con la Ordenanza adscrita a la misma?^[2]

• 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention election