1953 Philippine Senate election

1953 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
Senate President before election; Jose Zulueta; Nacionalista	Elected Senate President ; Eulogio Rodriguez; Nacionalista

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.

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

Retiring incumbents[]

All senators whose seats were up contested the election.

Mid-term vacancy[]

Emiliano Tria Tirona (Liberal), died on April 8, 1952

Other changes[]

Claro M. Recto (Nacionalista) won an electoral protest against Senator Teodoro de Vera (Liberal) in the Senate Electoral Tribunal. Recto was seated on April 3, 1953.

Incumbents running elsewhere[]

These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.

Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista), ran for vice president and won

Results[]

The Nacionalista Party won five seats contested in the election, with the Democratic Party winning two, and the Citizens' Party winning one.

Nacionalista Eulogio Rodriguez and Lorenzo Tañada of the Citizens' Party both defended their Senate seats. The four Liberal senators whose seats were up in this election were defeated: Camilo Osias, Geronima Pecson, Pablo Angeles y David and Vicente Madrigal. Felixberto Verano, who won a special election in 1951, was the sole Nacionalista defeat.

Three winners are neophyte Nacionalista senators: Alejo Mabanag, Edmundo B. Cea and Emmanuel Pelaez.

Incumbent vice president and Democrat Fernando Lopez returned to the Senate after serving from 1947 to 1949. Mariano Jesús Cuenco, who was defeated in the last election, made a comeback in the Senate, this time under the banner of the Nacionalistas.

Senator Carlos P. Garcia of the Nacionalistas was elected vice president in concurrent elections; his seat will be vacant until 1955 when it would have been contested in a special election.

	1	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	24
Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡^	‡	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	CP	DP		NP					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

Per candidate[]

• d Summary of the November 10, 1953 Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Fernando López	Democratic	2,272,642	52.5%
2	Lorenzo Tañada	NCP	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 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 politician	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 seat vacated by the death of Emiliano Tria Tirona in 1952 was disputed in this election.

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		Votes	%	+/–	Seats

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	9,813,166	39.83	−19.22	3	11	5	13	+2
	Liberal Party	8,861,244	35.97	−3.04	3	11	0	7	−4
	Democratic Party	3,793,654	15.40	New	0	0	2	2	New
	Citizens' Party	2,156,717	8.75	New	1	1	1	1	0
	Federal Party	5,365	0.02	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	4,439	0.02	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Vacancy					1	1	0	0	−1
Total		24,634,585	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0

Total votes		4,326,706	–
Registered voters/turnout		5,603,231	77.22
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

NP			39.83%
LP			35.97%
DP			15.40%
CP			8.75%
Others			0.04%

Senate seats

NP			62.50%
LP			0.00%
DP			25.00%
CP			12.50%
Others			0.00%

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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