Gil Montilla NacionalistaDemocratico José Yulo Nacionalista Elections for the Second National Assembly were held on November 8, 1938, under a new law that allowed block voting,[1] which favored the governing Nacionalista Party (formerly divided into the Democratica and the Pro-Independencia factions, which later reconciled).

The party went into the 1938 Elections with the confidence of having practically every branch of government under the control of its stalwarts.

[2] The Second National Assembly embarked on passing legislations strengthening the economy, the cloud of the Second World War loomed over the horizon.

Certain laws passed by the First National Assembly were modified or repealed to meet existing realities.

When the result of the 1939 census was published, the National Assembly updated the apportionment of legislative districts, which became the basis for the 1941 elections.