1959 Philippine Senate election

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1959 Philippine Senate election
Flag of the Philippines.svg
  1957 November 10, 1959 1961  

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Eulogio Amang Rodriguez.jpg Ferdinand-Marcos-speech.jpg
Leader Eulogio Rodriguez Ferdinand Marcos
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Seats before202
Seats after194
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote17,160,61810,850,799
Percentage50.1%31.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.9%Decrease2.svg 0.1%

 Third partyFourth party
  Lorenzo Tanada portrait.jpg
Leader Lorenzo Tañada Raul Manglapus (lost)
Party NCP Progressive
Seats before10
Seats after10
Seat change Steady2.svg  Steady2.svg 
Popular vote2,029,2003,163,609
Percentage5.9%9.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.0%Decrease2.svg 2.8%

Senate President before election

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

A senatorial election was held on November 10, 1959 in the Philippines. The 1959 elections were known as the 1959 Philippine midterm elections as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Carlos P. Garcia's four-year term.

Contents

The Liberal Party continued chipping away from the Nacionalista Party's dominance in the Senate, winning two more seats, although the Nacionalistas still possessed 19 out of 24 seats in the chamber.

Retiring incumbents

Nacionalista Party

  1. Alejo Mabanag

Mid-term vacancies

  1. Ruperto Kangleon (Democratic), died on February 28, 1958

Results

The Nacionalista Party won five seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two, and the Nationalist Citizens' Party won one.

Lorenzo Tañada of the Nationalist Citizens' Party and Nacionalistas Mariano Jesús Cuenco, Fernando Lopez, and Eulogio Rodriguez defended their Senate seats. Lopez was originally from the Democratic Party, and ran as a Nacionalista on this election.

The two winning Liberals are neophyte senators: Estanislao Fernandez and Ferdinand Marcos. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Nacionalistas Alejandro Almendras and Genaro Magsaysay.

Incumbent Nacionalista senators Edmundo B. Cea and Emmanuel Pelaez both lost.

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Before election‡^
Election resultNot up LP NCP NP Not up
After election++**

Key:

Per candidate

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ferdinand Marcos Liberal Party 2,661,15341.62
Genaro Magsaysay Nacionalista Party 2,457,21838.43
Fernando Lopez Nacionalista Party 2,366,16637.01
Estanislao Fernandez Liberal Party 2,071,86532.40
Mariano Jesús Cuenco Nacionalista Party 2,046,84232.01
Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party 2,037,68231.87
Lorenzo Tañada Nationalist Citizens' Party 2,029,20031.74
Alejandro Almendras Nacionalista Party 1,857,78229.06
Edmundo B. Cea Nacionalista Party 1,764,43627.60
Emmanuel Pelaez Party for Philippine Progress 1,734,33027.13
Raul Manglapus Party for Philippine Progress 1,651,09725.82
Juan Pajo Nacionalista Party 1,623,63725.39
Manuel Manahan Party for Philippine Progress 1,512,51223.66
Sofronio Quimson Nacionalista Party 1,272,52519.90
Cornelio Villareal Liberal Party 1,266,82619.81
Terry Adevoso Liberal Party 1,035,14716.19
Jacinto Borja Liberal Party 1,021,28115.97
Jesus M. Vargas Party for Philippine Progress 1,001,98115.67
Esmeraldo Eco Liberal Party 947,26114.82
Duma Sinsuat Liberal Party 687,62210.75
Narciso Pimentel Jr. Party for Philippine Progress 621,9159.73
Osmundo Mondoñedo Party for Philippine Progress 537,7298.41
Alfredo Abcede Federal Party 27,3830.43
Valentin FestejoIndependent3,2630.05
Gualberto CruzIndependent2,8010.04
Narciso J. Alegre New Party2,5960.04
Emilio Alcutse AninaoIndependent2,3790.04
Natalio M. Beltran JrCooperative Democratic Party2,2860.04
Gregorio LlanzaIndependent1,7270.03
Consuelo Fa AlvearIndependent1,2680.02
Isaac EcetaIndependent1,2090.02
Chenchay Reyes JutaIndependent1,0480.02
Total34,252,167100.00
Total votes6,393,724
Registered voters/turnout7,822,47281.74

Per party

1959 Philippine Senate election results.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Nacionalista Party 15,426,28845.04−2.86620519−1
Liberal Party 9,691,15528.29−3.820224+2
Progressive Party 7,059,56420.61+8.3600000
Nationalist Citizens' Party 2,029,2005.92−1.1111110
Federal Party 27,3830.08+0.0800000
New Party2,5960.01New00000
Cooperative Democratic Party2,2860.01New00000
Independent13,6950.04−0.4400000
Vacancy1100−1
Total34,252,167100.008248240
Total votes6,393,724
Registered voters/turnout7,822,47281.74
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001).
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific
. ISBN   9780199249596.

& Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.
    Vote share
    NP
    45.04%
    LP
    28.29%
    PPP
    20.61%
    NCP
    5.92%
    Others
    0.14%
    Senate seats
    NP
    62.50%
    LP
    25.00%
    PPP
    0.00%
    NCP
    12.50%
    Others
    0.00%

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