1959 Philippine Senate election

1959 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Eulogio Rodriguez; Nacionalista	Elected Senate President ; Eulogio Rodriguez; Nacionalista

A senatorial election was held on November 10, 1959 in the Philippines. The 1959 elections were known as the 1959 Philippine midterm elections as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Carlos P. Garcia's four-year term.

The Liberal Party continued chipping away from the Nacionalista Party's dominance in the Senate, winning two more seats, although the Nacionalistas still possessed 19 out of 24 seats in the chamber.

Retiring incumbents[]

Nacionalista Party[]

Alejo Mabanag

Mid-term vacancies[]

Ruperto Kangleon (Democratic), died on February 28, 1958

Results[]

The Nacionalista Party won five seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two, and the Nationalist Citizens' Party won one.

Lorenzo Tañada of the Nationalist Citizens' Party and Nacionalistas Mariano Jesús Cuenco, Fernando Lopez, and Eulogio Rodriguez defended their Senate seats. Lopez was originally from the Democratic Party, and ran as a Nacionalista on this election.

The two winning Liberals are neophyte senators: Estanislao Fernandez and Ferdinand Marcos. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Nacionalistas Alejandro Almendras and Genaro Magsaysay.

Incumbent Nacionalista senators Edmundo B. Cea and Emmanuel Pelaez both lost.

	1	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Before election		‡^	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	LP		NCP	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, 1959 Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Ferdinand Marcos	Liberal	2,661,153	41.6%
2	Genaro Magsaysay	Nacionalista	2,457,218	38.4%
3	Fernando López	Nacionalista	2,366,166	37.0%
4	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal	2,071,865	32.4%
5	Mariano Jesús Cuenco	Nacionalista	2,046,842	32.0%
6	Eulogio Rodriguez	Nacionalista	2,037,682	31.9%
7	Lorenzo Tañada	NCP	2,029,200	31.7%
8	Alejandro Almendras	Nacionalista	1,857,782	29.1%

9	Edmundo Cea	Nacionalista	1,764,436	27.6%
10	Emmanuel Pelaez	Nacionalista	1,734,330	27.1%
11	Raul Manglapus	Progressive	1,651,097	25.8%
12	Juan Pajo	Nacionalista	1,623,637	25.4%
13	Manuel Manahan	Progressive	1,512,512	23.7%
14	Sofronio Quimson	Nacionalista	1,272,525	19.9%
15	Cornelio Villareal	Liberal	1,266,826	19.8%
16	Eleuterio Adevoso	Liberal	1,035,147	16.2%
17	Jacinto Borja	Liberal	1,021,281	16.0%
18	Jesus Vargas	Grand Alliance	1,001,981	15.7%
19	Esmeraldo Eco	Liberal	947,261	14.8%
20	Duma Sinsuat	Liberal	687,622	10.8%
21	Narciso Pimentel, Jr.	Grand Alliance	621,915	9.7%
22	Osmundo Mondoñedo	Grand Alliance	537,729	8.4%
23	Alfredo Abcede	Federal Party	27,383	0.4%
24	Valentin Festejo	Independent	3,263	0.1%
25	Gualberto Cruz	Independent	2,801	0.0%
26	Narciso Alegre	NP	2,596	0.0%
27	Emilio Alcutse Aninao	Independent	2,379	0.0%
28	Natalio Beltran	Cooperative Democratic Party	2,286	0.0%
29	Gregorio Llanza	Independent	1,727	0.0%
30	Consuelo Fa Alvear	Independent	1,268	0.0%
31	Isaac Eceta	Independent	1,209	0.0%
32	Chenchay Reyes Juta	Independent	1,048	0.0%
Total turnout			6,393,724	81.7%
Total votes			28,108,309	N/A
Registered voters			7,822,472	100.0%
Note: A total of 32 candidates ran for senator.			Source:^[1]

Per party[]


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	17,160,618	50.10	+2.88	6	20	5	19	−1
	Liberal Party	10,850,799	31.68	−0.10	0	2	2	4	+2
	Progressive Party	3,163,609	9.24	−2.83	0	0	0	0	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party	2,029,200	5.92	−1.02	1	1	1	1	0
	Federal Party	27,383	0.08	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Cooperative Democratic Party	2,286	0.01	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	1,015,676	2.97	+2.50	0	0	0	0	0
Vacancy					1	1	0	0	−1
Total		34,249,571	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0

Total votes		6,393,724	–
Registered voters/turnout		7,822,472	81.74
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			50.10%
LP			31.68%
PPP			9.24%
NCP			5.92%
Others			3.06%

Senate seats

NP			62.50%
LP			25.00%
PPP			0.00%
NCP			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[]

Official website of the Commission on Elections

[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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