1949 Philippine Senate election

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

1949 Philippine Senate election

November 8, 1949
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mariano Jesús Cuenco Carlos P. Garcia Party Liberal Nacionalista Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 15 8 Seats after 18 4 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 12,782,449 8,900,568 Percentage 52.5% 36.6% Swing 1.9% 8.4%
Senate President before election Mariano Jesús Cuenco Liberal Elected Senate President Mariano Jesús Cuenco Liberal

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".

Results

Per candidate

 Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1.	Quintin Paredes		Liberal	1,756,898	49.1%
2.	Esteban R. Abada		Liberal	1,685,520	47.1%
3.	Lorenzo Sumulong		Liberal	1,615,124	45.1%
4.	Enrique B. Magalona		Liberal	1,577,083	44.1%
5.	Tomas Cabili		Liberal	1,575,075	44.0%
6.	Macario Peralta, Jr.		Liberal	1,566,376	43.8%
7.	Justiniano Montano		Liberal	1,515,569	42.3%
8.	Teodoro de Vera^1		Liberal	1,486,158	41.5%
9.	Claro M. Recto		Nacionalista	1,390,528	38.8%
10.	Alejo R. Mabanag		Nacionalista	1,150,818	32.1%
11.	Trinidad Legarda		Nacionalista	1,108,732	31.0%
12.	Jose O. Vera		Nacionalista	1,101,996	30.8%
13.	Jose Ma. Veloso		Nacionalista	1,069,817	29.9%
14.	Marcelo Adduru		Nacionalista	1,053,754	29.4%
15.	Pedro Hernaez		Nacionalista	1,025,342	28.6%
16.	Domocao Alonto		Nacionalista	999,581	27.9%
17.	Jose T. Nueno		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	391,394	10.9%
18.	Salipada Pendatun		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	374,340	10.5%
19.	Olegario Clarin		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	346,921	9.7%
20.	Filemon Sotto		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	343,823	9.6%
21.	Felicidad Manuel		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	340,781	9.5%
22.	Aurelio Intertas		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	293,630	8.2%
23.	Jose Tando		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	291,550	8.1%
24.	Apolonio Curato		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	267,073	7.5%
25.	Leonardo Tenebro		Independent
26.	Cesar Bulacan		Independent
Total turnout				3,579,917	69.7%
Total votes				24,336,652	N/A
Registered voters				5,135,814	100.0%
Note: A total of 27 candidates ran for senator.				Source:[1]

^1 Replaced by Claro M. Recto as per decision of Senate Electoral Tribunal dated April 3, 1952.

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.

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
	Liberal	12,782,449	52.5%	1.9%	8	15	18	66.7%	3
	Nacionalista	8,900,568	36.6%	8.4%	0	8	4	29.2%	4
	Liberal–Avelino wing	2,649,512	10.9%	10.9%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Independent	4,123	0.0%	0.5%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Popular Front	–	–	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Totals		24,336,652	100%	—	8	24	23	95.8%	1

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 2nd Congress of the Philippines

References

1. Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (ed.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.

External links

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections