1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1946 November 8, 1949 1953 →
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 51 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   LQ NP LA Leader Eugenio Pérez José Laurel, Jr. Party Liberal Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Pangasinan–2nd Batangas–3rd Last election 49 seats, 38.89% 35 seats, 45.78% 49 seats, 38.89% Seats before 49A 35 49A Seats won 66 33 6 Seat change 11 2 43 Popular vote 1,834,173 1,178,402 385,188 Percentage 53.00% 34.05% 11.13% Swing 14.11% 11.73% 27.76%
Speaker before election Eugenio Pérez Liberal Elected Speaker Eugenio Pérez Liberal

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The elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 8, 1949. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Elpidio Quirino's Liberal Party, won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.

This will be the first time in what would be a pattern in which the party of the incumbent president wins the elections for the members of the House of Representatives.^[1]

The elected representatives served in the 2nd Congress from 1949 to 1953.

Results[]

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)	1,834,173	53.00	+14.11	60	+11
	Nacionalista Party	1,178,402	34.05	−11.73	33	−2
	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)	385,188	11.13	New	6	New
	Citizens' Party	6,434	0.19	New	0	0
	Democratic Party	3,760	0.11	New	0	0
	People's Party	3,423	0.10	New	0	0
	Collectivista Party	193	0.01	New	0	0
	Christian Democrats	52	0.00	New	0	0
	Independent	49,265	1.42	−2.34	1	−4
Total		3,460,890	100.00	–	100	+2
Total votes		3,460,890	–
Registered voters/turnout		5,135,814	67.39
Source: 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[]

See also[]

• 2nd Congress of the Philippines

References[]

• Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
• Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
• Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.