1959 Philippine Senate election

A senatorial election was held on November 10, 1959 in the Philippines. The 1959 elections were known as the 1959 Philippine midterm elections as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Carlos P. Garcia's four-year term.

1959 Philippine Senate election

November 10, 1959
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Eulogio Rodriguez Ferdinand Marcos Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 20 2 Seats after 19 4 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 17,160,618 10,850,799 Percentage 50.1% 31.7% Swing 2.9% 0.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Lorenzo Tañada Raul Manglapus Party NCP Progressive Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large (lost) Seats before 1 0 Seats after 1 0 Seat change       Popular vote 2,029,200 3,163,609 Percentage 5.9% 9.2% Swing 1.0% 2.8%
Senate President before election Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Elected Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista

The Liberal Party continued chipping away from the Nacionalista Party's dominance in the Senate, winning two more seats, although the Nacionalistas still possessed 19 out of 24 seats in the chamber.

Results

Per candidate

 Summary of the November 10, 1959 Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Ferdinand Marcos		Liberal	2,661,153	41.6%
2	Genaro Magsaysay		Nacionalista	2,457,218	38.4%
3	Fernando López		Nacionalista	2,366,166	37.0%
4	Estanislao Fernandez		Liberal	2,071,865	32.4%
5	Mariano Jesús Cuenco		Nacionalista	2,046,842	32.0%
6	Eulogio Rodriguez		Nacionalista	2,037,682	31.9%
7	Lorenzo Tañada		NCP	2,029,200	31.7%
8	Alejandro Almendras		Nacionalista	1,857,782	29.1%
9	Edmundo Cea		Nacionalista	1,764,436	27.6%
10	Emmanuel Pelaez		Nacionalista	1,734,330	27.1%
11	Raul Manglapus		Progressive	1,651,097	25.8%
12	Juan Pajo		Nacionalista	1,623,637	25.4%
13	Manuel Manahan		Progressive	1,512,512	23.7%
14	Sofronio Quimson		Nacionalista	1,272,525	19.9%
15	Cornelio Villareal		Liberal	1,266,826	19.8%
16	Eleuterio Adevoso		Liberal	1,035,147	16.2%
17	Jacinto Borja		Liberal	1,021,281	16.0%
18	Jesus Vargas		Grand Alliance	1,001,981	15.7%
19	Esmeraldo Eco		Liberal	947,261	14.8%
20	Duma Sinsuat		Liberal	687,622	10.8%
21	Narciso Pimentel, Jr.		Grand Alliance	621,915	9.7%
22	Osmundo Mondoñedo		Grand Alliance	537,729	8.4%
23	Alfredo Abcede		Federal Party	27,383	0.4%
24	Valentin Festejo		Independent	3,263	0.1%
25	Gualberto Cruz		Independent	2,801	0.0%
26	Narciso Alegre		NP	2,596	0.0%
27	Emilio Alcutse Aninao		Independent	2,379	0.0%
28	Natalio Beltran		Cooperative Democratic Party	2,286	0.0%
29	Gregorio Llanza		Independent	1,727	0.0%
30	Consuelo Fa Alvear		Independent	1,268	0.0%
31	Isaac Eceta		Independent	1,209	0.0%
32	Chenchay Reyes Juta		Independent	1,048	0.0%
Total turnout				6,393,724	81.7%
Total votes				28,108,309	N/A
Registered voters				6,763,897	100.0%
Note: A total of 32 candidates ran for senator.				Source:[1]

Per party

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	17,160,618	51.4%	4.2%	5	19	19	79.2%
	Liberal	10,850,799	32.5%	0.7%	2	2	4	16.7%	2
	Progressive	3,163,609	9.5%	2.6%	0	0	0	0.0%
	NCP	2,029,200	6.1%	0.9%	1	0	1	4.2%	1
	Federal	27,383	0.1%	0.1%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Cooperative Democratic	2,286	0.0%	0.2%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Independent	1,015,676	3.0%	2.5%	0	0	0	0.0%
Totals		34,249,571	100%	—	8	24	24	100.0%

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 4th 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

• Official website of the Commission on Elections