1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1949 November 10, 1953 1957 →
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 66A 33 0 Seats won 31 31 11 Seat change 35 24 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

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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 defected to the Nacionalista Party, leading to José Laurel, Jr. being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

Results[]

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Nacionalista Party[a]	1,930,367	47.30	+13.25	59	+26
	Liberal Party	1,624,571	39.81	−24.32	31	−29
	Democratic Party[a]	342,889	8.40	+8.29	11	New
	Independent Nacionalista	42,081	1.03	New	0	0
	Independent Liberal	25,927	0.64	New	0	0
	People's Party	3,155	0.08	New	0	0
	New Young Philippines	620	0.02	New	0	0
	Republican	431	0.01	New	0	0
	Independent	111,160	2.72	+1.30	1	0
Total		4,081,201	100.00	–	102	+2
Valid votes		4,081,201	94.33
Invalid/blank votes		245,495	5.67
Total votes		4,326,696	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,603,231	77.22	+9.83
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[]

• 3rd 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.