1953 Philippine Senate election

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.

1953 Philippine Senate election

November 10, 1953
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
First party Second party   Leader Eulogio Rodriguez Quintin Paredes Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 12 12 Seats after 14 7 Seat change 2 5 Popular vote 9,813,166 8,861,244 Percentage 39.8% 36.0% Swing 19.2% 3.0%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Fernando Lopez Lorenzo Tañada Party Democratic Citizens' Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 0 0 Seats after 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 3,793,654 2,156,717 Percentage 15.4% 8.8% Swing 15.4% 8.8%
Senate President before election Jose Zulueta Nacionalista Elected Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista

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

Results

Per candidate

 Summary of the November 10, 1953 Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Fernando López		Democratic	2,272,642	52.5%
2	Lorenzo Tañada		Citizens'	2,156,717	49.8%
3	Eulogio Rodriguez		Nacionalista	2,071,844	47.9%
4	Emmanuel Pelaez		Nacionalista	2,010,128	46.5%
5	Edmundo Cea		Nacionalista	1,961,705	45.3%
6	Mariano Jesús Cuenco		Nacionalista	1,853,247	42.8%
7	Alejo R. Mabanag		Nacionalista	1,846,190	42.7%
8	Ruperto Kangleon		Democratic	1,521,012	35.2%
9	Geronima Pecson		Liberal	1,349,163	31.2%
10	Camilo Osías		Liberal	1,324,567	30.6%
11	Jose Figueroa		Liberal	1,194,952	27.6%
12	Vicente Madrigal		Liberal	1,155,577	26.7%
13	José Avelino		Liberal	1,012,599	23.4%
14	Jacinto O. Borja		Liberal	968,841	22.4%
15	Salipada K. Pendatun		Liberal	945,755	21.9%
16	Pablo A. David		Liberal	909,790	21.0%
17	Felisberto Verano		Nacionalista	59,782	1.4%
18	Jose Maria Veloso		Nacionalista	10,270	0.2%
19	Alfredo Abcede		Federal Party	5,365	0.1%
20	Concepcion R. Lim de Planas		Independent	4,439	0.1%
Total turnout				4,326,706	77.2%
Total votes				24,634,585	N/A
Registered voters				5,603,231	100.0%
Note: A total of 20 candidates ran for senator.				Source:[1]

Per party

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.

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	9,813,166	39.8%	19.2%	5	12	13	54.2%	1
	Liberal	8,861,244	36.6%	3.0%	0	12	7	29.2%	5
	Democratic	3,793,654	15.4%	15.4%	2	0	2	8.3%	2
	Citizens'	2,156,717	8.8%	8.8%	1	0	1	4.2%	1
	Federal	5,365	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Independent	4,439	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Totals		24,634,585	100%	—	8	24	23	100.0%	1

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 3rd 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