1957 Philippine general election

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 12, 1957 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Carlos P. Garcia won his opportunity to get a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Ramon Magsaysay in a plane crash in March 1957. His running mate, Senator Jose Laurel, Jr. lost to Pampanga Representative Diosdado Macapagal. This was the first time in Philippine electoral history where a president was elected by a plurality and not majority, and in which the president and vice president came from different parties.

Results[]

President[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos P. Garcia	Nacionalista Party	2,072,257	41.28
	José Yulo	Liberal Party	1,386,829	27.62
	Manuel Manahan	Progressive Party	1,049,420	20.90
	Claro M. Recto	Nationalist Citizens' Party	429,226	8.55
	Antonio Quirino	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^[a]	60,328	1.20
	Valentin de los Santos	Lapiang Malaya	21,674	0.43
	Alfredo Abcede	Federal Party	470	0.01
Total			5,020,204	100.00

Valid votes			5,020,204	98.28
Invalid/blank votes			87,908	1.72
Total votes			5,108,112	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,763,897	75.52
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.

^ Quirino ran under his own wing of the Liberal Party, while the rest of the party supported Yulo's candidacy.

Vice President[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Diosdado Macapagal	Liberal Party	2,189,197	46.55
	Jose Laurel Jr.	Nacionalista Party	1,783,012	37.92
		Progressive Party	375,090	7.98
	Lorenzo Tañada	Nationalist Citizens' Party	344,685	7.33
	Restituto Fresto	Lapiang Malaya	10,494	0.22
Total			4,702,478	100.00

Valid votes			4,702,478	92.06
Invalid/blank votes			405,634	7.94
Total votes			5,108,112	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,763,897	75.52
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.

Senate[]

Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
  Nacionalista Party
  Liberal Party
  Democratic Party
  Nationalist Citizens' Party

• d Summary of the November 12, 1957, Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Gil Puyat	Nacionalista	2,189,909	42.9%
2	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista	1,982,708	38.8%
3	Eulogio Balao	Nacionalista	1,851,157	36.2%
4	Rogelio de la Rosa	Liberal	1,715,123	33.6%
5		Nacionalista	1,670,774	32.7%
6	Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal	1,636,202	32.0%
7	Roseller Lim	Nacionalista	1,558,322	30.5%
8	Cipriano Primicias Sr.	Nacionalista	1,350,868	26.4%

9	Jose Locsin	Nacionalista	1,347,797	26.4%
10	Francisco Delgado	Nacionalista	1,320,296	25.8%
11	Osmundo Mondoñedo	Liberal	1,011,053	19.8%
12	Raul Manglapus	Progressive	1,005,595	19.7%
13	Narciso Pimentel Jr.	Liberal	1,004,944	19.7%
14	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal	997,562	19.5%
15	Juan Liwag	Liberal	918,785	18.0%
16	Consuelo Salazar-Perez	Liberal	844,950	16.5%
17	Marcos Calo	Liberal	769,599	15.1%
18	Pacita de los Reyes-Phillips	NCP	641,716	12.6%
19	Eleuterio Adevoso	Progressive	562,491	11.0%
20	Josefa Gonzales-Estrada	Progressive	423,319	8.3%
21	Antonio Maceda	NCP	383,531	7.5%
22	Jaime Ferrer	Progressive	345,881	6.8%
23	Jose M. Hernandez	Progressive	339,909	6.7%
24	Fulvio Pelaez	Progressive	313,221	6.1%
25	Mario Bengzon	NCP	265,859	5.2%
26	Jose Zulueta	Philippine Veterans Party	213,465	4.2%
27	Norberto Romualdez Jr.	Progressive	210,822	4.1%
28	Rodrigo Perez Jr.	Progressive	192,697	3.8%
29	Cipriano Cid	NCP	162,493	3.2%
30		NCP	155,867	3.1%
31	Vicente Llanes	NCP	124,744	2.4%
32	Manuel Abella	NCP	116,509	2.3%
33	Gonzalo Vasquez	NCP	99,253	1.9%
34	Severino Luna	Independent	59,690	1.2%
35	Remedios Magsaysay	Independent	59,000	1.2%
36	Atilano Cinco	Philippine Veterans Party	48,863	1.0%
37	Vicente Rafael	Philippine Veterans Party	47,883	0.9%
38	Miguel Pendon	Philippine Veterans Party	24,458	0.5%
39	Felicidad Villanueva	Women's Party	14,725	0.3%
40	Antonia Lumibao	Philippine Veterans Party	11,916	0.2%
41	Dominador Portugal	Lapiang Malaya	8,915	0.2%
42	Eulogio Duyan	Lapiang Malaya	8,434	0.2%
43	Romualdo Saclayan	Lapiang Malaya	8,235	0.2%
44	Deogracias Pedrosa	Lapiang Malaya	7,919	0.2%
45	Jose Villanueva	Lapiang Malaya	7,805	0.2%
46	Luis de Guzman	Lapiang Malaya	7,781	0.2%
47	Emmanuel Rey	Lapiang Malaya	7,123	0.1%
48	Teofilo Ramas	Lapiang Malaya	6,470	0.1%
49	Jose Canuto	Independent	6,147	0.1%
50	Arturo Samaniego	Liberal (Quirino Wing)	2,515	0.0%
51	Ciriaco de las Liagas	Independent	2,427	0.0%
52	Patricio Ceniza	Independent	2,119	0.0%
53	Gregorio Llanza	Independent	1,333	0.0%
54	Consuelo Fa Alvear	Independent	1,135	0.0%
Total turnout			5,108,112	75.5%
Total votes			28,108,309	N/A
Registered voters			6,763,897	100.0%
Note: A total of 54 candidates ran for senator.			Source:^[1]

House of Representatives[]


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–

	Nacionalista Party	2,948,409	61.19	+13.89	82	+51
	Liberal Party	1,453,527	30.17	−9.64	19	−40
	Nationalist Citizens' Party	137,093	2.85	New	1	New
	Progressive Party	62,968	1.31	New	0	0
	Independent Nacionalista	51,729	1.07	+0.04	0	0
	Democratic Party	42,890	0.89	−7.51	0	−11
	United Rural Community	3,296	0.07	New	0	0
	Independent Liberal	2,802	0.06	−0.58	0	0
	Lapiang Makabansa	1,765	0.04	New	0	0
	People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government	968	0.02	New	0	0
	Partido'y Makahirap	524	0.01	New	0	0
	National Patriotic Party	12	0.00	New	0	0
	Independent	112,537	2.34	−0.38	0	−1
Total		4,818,520	100.00	–	102	0

Valid votes		4,818,520	94.33	−0.00
Invalid/blank votes		289,562	5.67	+0.00
Total votes		5,108,082	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		6,763,897	75.52	−1.70
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.

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[]

Official website of the Commission on Elections

[1] Quirino ran under his own wing of the Liberal Party, while the rest of the party supported Yulo's candidacy.

[2] 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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