1949 Philippine Senate election

1949 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Mariano Jesús Cuenco; Liberal	Elected Senate President ; Mariano Jesús Cuenco; Liberal

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

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 , 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[]

	1	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	LP								Not up
After election	^	√	*	+	+	+	+	+	+

Key:

‡ Seats up
*+Gained by a party from another party
√ Held by the incumbent
* Held by the same party with a new senator
^ Vacancy

• d Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1.	Quintin Paredes	Liberal	1,756,898	49.1%
2.		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.	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		Votes	%	+/–	Seats

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Liberal Party	12,782,449	52.52	−1.95	2	12	8	17	+5
	Nacionalista Party	8,900,568	36.57	−8.43	4	8	0	4	−4
	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)	2,649,512	10.89	New	2	3	0	1	−2
	Independent	4,123	0.02	−0.48	0	0	0	0	0
					0	1	0	1	0
Vacancy					0	0	0	1	+1
Total		24,336,652	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0

Total votes		3,579,917	–
Registered voters/turnout		5,135,814	69.70
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

Vote share

LP (Quirino)			52.52%
NP			36.57%
LP (Avelino)			10.89%
Others			0.02%

Senate seats

LP (Quirino)			100%
NP			0%
LP (Avelino)			0%
Others			0%

References[]

^ 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[]

[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.

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