1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg
  1949 November 10, 1953 1957  

All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
52 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Jose Laurel Jr 2012 stamp of the Philippines (cropped).jpg Sen. Jose J. Roy (cropped).jpg
Leader Jose Laurel Jr. Eugenio Pérez Jose Roy
Party Nacionalista Liberal Democratic
Leader's seat Batangas–3rd Pangasinan–2nd Tarlac–1st
Last election33 seats, 34.05%60 seats, 53%0 seats, 0.11%
Seats won59319
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 26Decrease2.svg 29Increase2.svg 9
Popular vote1,930,3671,624,571284,222
Percentage47.3039.816.96
SwingIncrease2.svg 13.25Decrease2.svg 24.32Increase2.svg 6.85

Speaker before election

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

Elected Speaker

Jose Laurel Jr.
Nacionalista

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 10, 1953. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Elpidio Quirino's Liberal Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. [1] However, Ramon Magsaysay of the opposition Nacionalista Party was elected president, and several elected Liberal Party congressmen defected to the Nacionalista Party, leading to José Laurel, Jr. being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Contents

The elected representatives served in the 3rd Congress from 1953 to 1957.

Results

1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections results.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Nacionalista Party 1,930,36747.30+13.2559+26
Liberal Party 1,624,57139.81−24.3231−29
Democratic Party 284,2226.96+6.859New
Democratic Party/Nacionalista Party 58,6671.44New2New
Nacionalista Party (independent) 42,0811.03New00
Liberal Party (independent) 25,9270.64New00
People's Party3,1550.08New00
New Young Philippines6200.02New00
Republican Party4310.01New00
Independent111,1602.72+1.3010
Total4,081,201100.00102+2
Valid votes4,081,20194.332.35
Invalid/blank votes245,4955.67+2.35
Total votes4,326,696100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22+9.83
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann [2] and Teehankee [3]
    Vote share
    NP
    47.30%
    LP
    39.81%
    DP
    8.40%
    Others
    4.50%
    Seats
    NP
    57.84%
    LP
    30.39%
    DP
    10.78%
    Others
    0.98%

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