Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1953

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1953

November 10, 1953

All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 52 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   LP NP DP Leader Eugenio Pérez José Laurel, Jr. Party Liberal Nacionalista Democratic Leader's seat Pangasinan–2nd Batangas–3rd Last election 66 seats, 64.13% 33 seats, 34.05% 0 seat, 0.11% Seats before 66^A 33 0 Seats won 59 31 11 Seat change 7 2 11 Popular vote 1,624,571 1,930,367 342,889 Percentage 39.81% 47.30% 8.40% Swing 24.32% 13.25% 8.29%

Speaker before election Eugenio Pérez Liberal Elected Speaker José Laurel, Jr. Nacionalista

The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 10, 1953. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Elpidio Quirino's Liberal Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.^[1] However, Ramon Magsaysay of the opposition Nacionalista Party was elected president, and several elected Liberal Party congressmen switched sides to the Nacionalistas which allowed José Laurel, Jr. to be elected as Speaker of the House.

The elected representatives served in the 3rd Congress from 1953 to 1957.

Results

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

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59 31 11 1

39.81% 47.30% 8.40% Liberal Nacionalista DP ^[1]

¹ Independents: 2.72%

No seats won: 1.78% (white)

 Summary of the November 10, 1953 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Party		Popular vote			Seats won
		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	1,930,367	47.30%	13.25%	31	30.39%	2
	Liberal	1,624,571	39.81%	24.32%	59	57.84%	7
	Democratic	342,889	8.40%	8.29%	11	10.78%	11
	Independent Nacionalista	42,081	1.03%	1.03%	0	0.00%
	Independent Liberal	25,927	0.64%	0.64%	0	0.00%
	People's	3,155	0.08%	0.02%	0	0.00%
	New Young Philippines	620	0.02%	0.02%	0	0.00%
	Republican	431	0.01%	0.01%	0	0.00%
	Citizens'	0	0.00%	0.19%	0	0.98%
	Independent	111,160	2.72%	1.30%	1	0.98%
Total		4,081,201	100%		102	100%	2
Valid votes		4,081,201	94.33%
Invalid votes		245,495	5.67%
Total turnout		4,326,696	77.22%
Registered voters		5,603,231	100%
Sources: 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. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

Note

A. ^ The combined number of seats of the Liberal Party after the two factions merged back together.

See also

• 3rd Congress of the Philippines

References

1. Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

• The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
• Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
• Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.