1949 Philippine Senate election

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1949 Philippine Senate election
Flag of the Philippines.svg
←  1947 November 8, 1949 1951  →
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Mariano Jesus Cuenco.jpg Carlos P Garcia.jpg
Leader Mariano Jesús Cuenco Carlos P. Garcia
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Seats before12 (2 up)8 (4 up)
Seats won80
Seats after174
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote12,782,4498,900,568
Percentage52.5236.57
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.20Decrease2.svg 8.47
Senate President before election

Mariano Jesús Cuenco
Liberal

Elected Senate President

Mariano Jesús Cuenco
Liberal

Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 8, 1949 in the Philippines.

Contents

While President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948, and his running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President, their Liberal Party won all of the contested seats in the Senate. Despite factions created in the administration party, Quirino won a satisfactory vote from the public.

It was the only time in Philippine history where the duly elected president, vice president and senators all came from the same party, the Liberal Party.

Carlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. Gray, publisher of the Manila Evening News , accuse Quirino in their book The Magsaysay Story (The John Day Company, 1956, updated - with an additional chapter on Magsaysay's death - re-edition by Pocket Books, Special Student Edition, SP-18, December 1957) of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling it the "dirty election".

Electoral system

Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were won by the 9th to 16th placed candidates in 1946; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.

Retiring incumbents

Liberal Party

  1. Prospero Sanidad

Nacionalista Party

  1. Ramon Diokno

Incumbents running elsewhere

  1. Fernando Lopez (Liberal), elected as vice president, left office on December 30, 1949

Results

The Liberal Party wing led by President Elpidio Quirino (the "Quirinistas") won all 8 seats, shutting out the wing led by former Senate President Jose Avelino (the "Avelinistas"), and the Nacionalista Party.

Two incumbents, Tomas Cabili and Enrique Magalona of the Quirinistas defended their seats, while four incumbents, Avelinistas Olegario Clarin and Salipada Pendatun, and Alejo Mabanag and Jose O. Vera of the Nacionalistas lost their seats.

Newcomers include Esteban Abada, Teodoro de Vera, Justianiano Montano, Quinttin Paredes, Macario Peralta Jr. and Lorenzo Sumulong, all Quirinistas.

Senator Fernando Lopez ran and won in concurrent vice presidential elections. He left office in December 30, 1949, when his vice presidential term started.

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Election resultNot up LP Not up
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Key:

Per candidate

CandidatePartyVotes%
Quintin Paredes Liberal Party (Quirino wing) [a] 1,756,89849.08
Esteban Abada Liberal Party (Quirino wing) [a] 1,685,52047.08
Lorenzo Sumulong Liberal Party (Quirino wing) [a] 1,615,12445.12
Enrique Magalona Liberal Party (Quirino wing) [a] 1,577,08344.05
Tomas Cabili Liberal Party (Quirino wing) [a] 1,575,07544.00
Macario Peralta Jr. Liberal Party (Quirino wing) [a] 1,566,37643.75
Justiniano Montano Liberal Party (Quirino wing) [a] 1,515,56942.34
Teodoro de Vera [b] Liberal Party (Quirino wing) [a] 1,486,15841.51
Claro M. Recto [b] Nacionalista Party 1,390,52838.84
Alejo R. Mabanag Nacionalista Party 1,150,81832.15
Trinidad Legarda Nacionalista Party 1,108,73230.97
Jose O. Vera Nacionalista Party 1,101,99630.78
Jose Maria Veloso Nacionalista Party 1,069,81729.88
Marcelo Adduru Nacionalista Party 1,053,75429.44
Pedro Hernaez Nacionalista Party 1,025,34228.64
Domocao Alonto Nacionalista Party 999,58127.92
Jose T. Nueno Liberal Party (Avelino wing) [a] 391,39410.93
Salipada Pendatun Liberal Party (Avelino wing) [a] 374,34010.46
Olegario Clarin Liberal Party (Avelino wing) [a] 346,9219.69
Filemon Sotto Liberal Party (Avelino wing) [a] 343,8239.60
Felicidad Manuel Liberal Party (Avelino wing) [a] 340,7819.52
Aurelio Intertas Liberal Party (Avelino wing) [a] 293,6308.20
Jose Tando Liberal Party (Avelino wing) [a] 291,5508.14
Apolonio Curato Liberal Party (Avelino wing) [a] 267,0737.46
Leonardo TenebroIndependent4,5920.13
Cesar BulacanIndependent1,5310.04
Total24,334,006100.00
Total votes3,579,917–
Registered voters/turnout5,135,81469.70
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The Liberal Party was split into two wings: those who supported Quirino or the "Quirinitas" or the "Quirino wing", and those who supported Avelino or the "Avelinistas" or the "Avelino wing".
  2. 1 2 Teodoro de Vera was later removed from office in favor of Claro M. Recto who won an election protest.

Per party

The Liberals originally had 19 seats entering the 2nd Congress, but the election of Senator Fernando Lopez to the vice presidency meant that his seat is vacant until 1951, when it was contested in a special election.

1949 Philippine Senate election results.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Liberal Party (Quirino wing)12,782,44952.52−2.20212817+5
Nacionalista Party 8,900,56836.57−8.474804−4
Liberal Party (Avelino wing)2,649,51210.89New2301−2
Independent4,1230.02New00000
Popular Front 01010
Vacancy0001+1
Total24,336,652100.00–8248240
Total votes3,579,917–
Registered voters/turnout5,135,81469.70
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. OUP Oxford. ISBN   9780199249596.
& Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.
Vote share
LP (Quirino)
 
52.52%
NP
 
36.57%
LP (Avelino)
 
10.89%
Others
 
0.02%
Senate seats
LP (Quirino)
 
100%
NP
 
0%
LP (Avelino)
 
0%
Others
 
0%

Defeated incumbents

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