sentences:  1940 Philippine National Assembly special elections
  
  Special National Assembly elections were held in the Philippines on 10 December 1940 for the four vacant seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines — namely the third district of Albay, the second district of Iloilo, the fifth district of Leyte and the second district of Nueva Ecija.The date of the special elections was fixed by President Manuel Quezon on 4 October 1940 by virtue of Proclamation No.