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
 
Leader Jose Laurel Jr. Eugenio Pérez Jose Roy
Party Nacionalista Liberal Democratic
Leader's seat Batangas–3rd Pangasinan–2nd Tarlac–1st
Last election 33 seats, 34.05% 60 seats, 53% 0 seats, 0.11%
Seats won 59 31 11
Seat change Increase 26 Decrease 29 Increase 11
Popular vote 1,930,367 1,624,571 342,889
Percentage 47.30% 39.81% 8.40%
Swing Increase 13.25% Decrease 24.32% Increase 8.29%
Speaker before election

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

 Elected Speaker

Jose Laurel Jr.
Nacionalista

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.

The elected representatives served in the 3rd Congress from 1953 to 1957.

Results

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Nacionalista Party[lower-alpha 1]1,930,36747.30+13.2559+26
Liberal Party1,624,57139.81−24.3231−29
Democratic Party[lower-alpha 1]342,8898.40+8.2911New
Independent Nacionalista42,0811.03New00
Independent Liberal25,9270.64New00
People's Party3,1550.08New00
New Young Philippines6200.02New00
Republican4310.01New00
Independent111,1602.72+1.3010
Total4,081,201100.00–102+2
Valid votes4,081,20194.33
Invalid/blank votes245,4955.67
Total votes4,326,696100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22+9.83
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3]
  1. 1 2 Two of the Democratic Party seats are on a joint Nacionalista–Democratic ticket.
Vote share
NP
 
 47.30%
LP
 
 39.81%
DP
 
 8.40%
Others
 
 4.50%
Seats
NP
 
 57.84%
LP
 
 30.39%
DP
 
 10.78%
Others
 
 0.98%

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.
  2. ↑ 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..
  3. ↑ 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.
  • Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
  • Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). 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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