1953 Philippine general election

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1953 Philippine general election
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Nominee Ramon Magsaysay Elpidio Quirino
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Running mate Carlos P. Garcia José Yulo
Popular vote2,912,9921,313,991
Percentage68.90%31.08%
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Election results per province/city.
President before election

Elpidio Quirino
Liberal

Elected President

Ramon Magsaysay
Nacionalista

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Candidate Carlos P. Garcia José Yulo
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Popular vote2,515,2651,483,802
Percentage62.90%37.10%
Vice President before election

Fernando Lopez
Democratic

Elected Vice President

Carlos P. Garcia
Nacionalista

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All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
52 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Rep. Jose B. Laurel Jr. (3rd Congress).jpg Rep. Eugenio P. Perez (2nd Congress).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%Party does not exist
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


Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 10, 1953 in the Philippines. [1] Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to former Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay. His running mate, Senator Jose Yulo lost to Senator Carlos P. Garcia. Vice President Fernando Lopez did not run for re-election. This was the first time that an elected president did not come from the Senate. This election also saw the involvement of the United States with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with agent Edward Lansdale running Magsaysay's campaign. [2] Other candidates competed for CIA support too and many normal Filipinos were interested in what the United States citizens views were on it. [3]

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Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ramon Magsaysay Nacionalista Party 2,912,99268.90
Elpidio Quirino Liberal Party 1,313,99131.08
Gaudencio BuenoIndependent7360.02
Total4,227,719100.00
Valid votes4,227,71997.71
Invalid/blank votes98,9872.29
Total votes4,326,706100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos [4]

Vice-President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista Party 2,515,26562.90
José Yulo Liberal Party 1,483,80237.10
Total3,999,067100.00
Valid votes3,999,06792.43
Invalid/blank votes327,6397.57
Total votes4,326,706100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos [5]

Senate

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Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
   Nacionalista Party
   Liberal Party
   Democratic Party
  Vacancy
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 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 Ángeles 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

House of Representatives

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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
Total4,081,201100.00–102+2
Valid votes4,081,20194.33−2.35
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 [6] and Teehankee [7]

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ Gosnell, Harold F. (1954). "An Interpretation of the Philippine Election of 1953" . American Political Science Review. 48 (4): 1128–1138. doi:10.2307/1951015. ISSN   0003-0554.
    2. ↑ Tharoor, Ishaan (13 October 2016). "The long history of the U.S. interfering with elections elsewhere". The Washington Post . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
    3. ↑ Cullather, Nick (1994). Illusions of influence: the political economy of United States-Philippines relations, 1942–1960. Stanford University Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN   978-0-8047-2280-3.
    4. ↑ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
      Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific      .
    5. ↑ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
      Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific      .
    6. ↑ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
    7. ↑ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.
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