1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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.

1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections
November 10, 1953
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 59 31 11
Seat change 7 2 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 elected representatives served in the 3rd Congress from 1953 to 1957.

Results

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

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59 31 11 1
39.81% 47.30% 8.40%
Liberal Nacionalista DP [1]
1 Independents: 2.72%
No seats won: 1.78% (white)
 Summary of the November 10, 1953 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Party Popular vote Seats won
Total%SwingTotal%+/−
Nacionalista 1,930,36747.30% 13.25%3130.39% 2
Liberal 1,624,57139.81% 24.32%5957.84% 7
Democratic 342,8898.40% 8.29%1110.78% 11
Independent Nacionalista 42,0811.03% 1.03%00.00%
Independent Liberal 25,9270.64% 0.64%00.00%
People's 3,1550.08% 0.02%00.00%
New Young Philippines 6200.02% 0.02%00.00%
Republican 4310.01% 0.01%00.00%
Independent 111,1602.72% 1.30%10.98%
Total 4,081,201100%102100% 2
Valid votes4,081,20194.33%
Invalid votes245,4955.67%
Total turnout4,326,69677.22%
Registered voters5,603,231100%
Sources: 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
A. ^ The combined number of seats of the Liberal Party after the two factions merged back together.

See also

References
  1. Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  • The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
  • Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
  • Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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