1953 Philippine Senate election

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1953 Philippine Senate election
Flag of the Philippines.svg
  1951 November 10, 1953 1955  

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Eulogio Amang Rodriguez.jpg Quintin Paredes photo.jpg
Leader Eulogio Rodriguez Quintin Paredes
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Seats before1111
Seats after137
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote9,813,1668,861,244
Percentage39.83%35.97%
SwingDecrease2.svg 18.37%Decrease2.svg 2.22%

 Third partyFourth party
  Fernando Lopez Sr.jpg Lorenzo Tanada portrait.jpg
Leader Fernando Lopez Lorenzo Tañada
Party Democratic NCP
Seats before01
Seats after21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote3,793,6542,156,717
Percentage15.40%8.75%
SwingIncrease2.svg 15.4%Increase2.svg 8.75%

Senate President before election

Jose Zulueta
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 10, 1953 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino of the Liberal Party lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to former Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay of the Nacionalista Party. Quirino's running mate, Senator Jose Yulo lost to Senator Carlos P. Garcia. Vice President Fernando Lopez did not run for re-election and ran for the Senate instead, in which he emerged as the candidate with the most votes. This was the first time that an elected president did not come from the Senate. To further compound the Liberal Party's woes, they also failed to win any seats in the Senate in this election.

Contents

The Citizens' Party and the Democratic Party caucused with the Nacionalistas to provide them the majority in the Senate.

Retiring incumbents

All senators whose seats were up contested the election.

Mid-term vacancy

  1. Emiliano Tria Tirona (Liberal), died on April 8, 1952

Other changes

  1. Claro M. Recto (Nacionalista) won an electoral protest against Senator Teodoro de Vera (Liberal) in the Senate Electoral Tribunal. Recto was seated on April 3, 1953.

Incumbents running elsewhere

These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.

  1. Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista), ran for vice president and won

Results

The Nacionalista Party won five seats contested in the election, with the Democratic Party winning two, and the Citizens' Party winning one.

Nacionalista Eulogio Rodriguez and Lorenzo Tañada of the Citizens' Party both defended their Senate seats. The four Liberal senators whose seats were up in this election were defeated: Camilo Osias, Geronima Pecson, Pablo Angeles y David and Vicente Madrigal. Felixberto Verano, who won a special election in 1951, was the sole Nacionalista defeat.

Three winners are neophyte Nacionalista senators: Alejo Mabanag, Edmundo B. Cea and Emmanuel Pelaez.

Incumbent vice president and Democrat Fernando Lopez returned to the Senate after serving from 1947 to 1949. Mariano Jesús Cuenco, who was defeated in the last election, made a comeback in the Senate, this time under the banner of the Nacionalistas.

Senator Carlos P. Garcia of the Nacionalistas was elected vice president in concurrent elections; his seat will be vacant until 1955 when it would have been contested in a special election.

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Before election‡^
Election resultNot up CP DP NP Not up
After election+++++*^

Key:

Per candidate

CandidatePartyVotes%
Fernando Lopez Democratic Party 2,272,64252.53
Lorenzo Tañada Citizens' Party 2,156,71749.85
Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party 2,071,84447.89
Emmanuel Pelaez Nacionalista Party 2,010,12846.46
Edmundo B. Cea Nacionalista Party 1,961,70545.34
Mariano Jesús Cuenco Nacionalista Party 1,853,24742.83
Alejo R. Mabanag Nacionalista Party 1,846,19042.67
Ruperto Kangleon Democratic Party 1,521,01235.15
Geronima Pecson Liberal Party 1,349,16331.18
Camilo Osías Liberal Party 1,324,56730.61
Jose Figueroa Liberal Party 1,194,95227.62
Vicente Madrigal Liberal Party 1,155,57726.71
José Avelino Liberal Party 1,012,59923.40
Jacinto O. Borja Liberal Party 968,84122.39
Salipada Pendatun Liberal Party 945,75521.86
Pablo Angeles y David Liberal Party 909,79021.03
Felixberto Verano Nacionalista Party 59,7821.38
Jose Maria Veloso Nacionalista Party 10,2700.24
Alfredo Abcede Federal Party 5,3650.12
Concepcion R. Lim de PlanasIndependent4,4390.10
Total24,634,585100.00
Total votes4,326,706
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22

Per party

The seat vacated by the death of Emiliano Tria Tirona in 1952 was disputed in this election.

The Nacionalistas originally had 14 seats entering the 3rd Congress, but the election of Senator Carlos P. Garcia to the vice presidency meant that his seat is vacant until 1955, when it was contested in a special election two years later.

1953 Philippine Senate election results.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Nacionalista Party 9,813,16639.83−18.37311513+2
Liberal Party 8,861,24435.97−2.2231107−4
Democratic Party 3,793,65415.40New0022New
Citizens' Party 2,156,7178.75New11110
Federal Party 5,3650.02New00000
Independent4,4390.02−0.3800000
Vacancy1100−1
Total24,634,585100.008248240
Total votes4,326,706
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22
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
39.83%
LP
35.97%
DP
15.40%
CP
8.75%
Others
0.04%
Senate seats
NP
62.50%
LP
0.00%
DP
25.00%
CP
12.50%
Others
0.00%

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