1953 Philippine general election

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 10, 1953 in the Philippines.[1] Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to former Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay. His running mate, Senator Jose Yulo lost to Senator Carlos P. Garcia. Vice President Fernando Lopez did not run for re-election. This was the first time that an elected president did not come from the Senate. This election also saw the involvement of the United States with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with agent Edward Lansdale running Magsaysay's campaign.[2] Other candidates competed for CIA support too and many normal Filipinos were interested in what the United States citizens views were on it.[3]

Results

President

Main article: 1953 Philippine presidential election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ramon MagsaysayNacionalista Party2,912,99268.90
Elpidio QuirinoLiberal Party1,313,99131.08
Gaudencio BuenoIndependent7360.02
Total4,227,719100.00
Valid votes4,227,71997.71
Invalid/blank votes98,9872.29
Total votes4,326,706100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[4]

Vice-President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Carlos P. GarciaNacionalista Party2,515,26562.90
José YuloLiberal Party1,483,80237.10
Total3,999,067100.00
Valid votes3,999,06792.43
Invalid/blank votes327,6397.57
Total votes4,326,706100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[5]

Senate

Main article: 1953 Philippine Senate election
Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
  Nacionalista Party
  Liberal Party
  Democratic Party
  Vacancy
CandidatePartyVotes%
Fernando LopezDemocratic Party2,272,64252.53
Lorenzo TañadaCitizens' Party2,156,71749.85
Eulogio RodriguezNacionalista Party2,071,84447.89
Emmanuel PelaezNacionalista Party2,010,12846.46
Edmundo B. CeaNacionalista Party1,961,70545.34
Mariano Jesús CuencoNacionalista Party1,853,24742.83
Alejo R. MabanagNacionalista Party1,846,19042.67
Ruperto KangleonDemocratic Party1,521,01235.15
Geronima PecsonLiberal Party1,349,16331.18
Camilo OsíasLiberal Party1,324,56730.61
Jose FigueroaLiberal Party1,194,95227.62
Vicente MadrigalLiberal Party1,155,57726.71
José AvelinoLiberal Party1,012,59923.40
Jacinto O. BorjaLiberal Party968,84122.39
Salipada PendatunLiberal Party945,75521.86
Pablo Angeles y DavidLiberal Party909,79021.03
Felixberto VeranoNacionalista Party59,7821.38
Jose Maria VelosoNacionalista Party10,2700.24
Alfredo AbcedeFederal Party5,3650.12
Concepcion R. Lim de PlanasIndependent4,4390.10
Total24,634,585100.00
Total votes4,326,706–
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22

House of Representatives

Main article: 1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Nacionalista Party1,930,36747.30+13.2559+26
Liberal Party1,624,57139.81−24.3231−29
Democratic Party284,2226.96+6.859New
Democratic Party/Nacionalista Party58,6671.44New2New
Nacionalista Party (independent)42,0811.03New00
Liberal Party (independent)25,9270.64New00
People's Party3,1550.08New00
New Young Philippines6200.02New00
Republican Party4310.01New00
Independent111,1602.72+1.3010
Total4,081,201100.00–102+2
Valid votes4,081,20194.33−2.35
Invalid/blank votes245,4955.67+2.35
Total votes4,326,696100.00–
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22+9.83
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[6] and Teehankee[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gosnell, Harold F. (1954). "An Interpretation of the Philippine Election of 1953". American Political Science Review. 48 (4): 1128–1138. doi:10.2307/1951015. ISSN 0003-0554.
  2. ^ Tharoor, Ishaan (13 October 2016). "The long history of the U.S. interfering with elections elsewhere". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ Cullather, Nick (1994). Illusions of influence: the political economy of United States-Philippines relations, 1942–1960. Stanford University Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-8047-2280-3.
  4. ^ 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    .
  5. ^ 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    .
  6. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
  7. ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.