Philippine Senate election, 1953

November 10, 1953

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Eulogio Rodriguez	Quintin Paredes
Party	Nacionalista	Liberal
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats before	12	12
Seats after	14	7
Seat change	2	5
Popular vote	9,813,166	8,861,244
Percentage	39.8%	36.0%
Swing	19.2%	3.0%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Fernando Lopez	Lorenzo Tañada
Party	Democratic	Citizens'
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats before	0	0
Seats after	2	1
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	3,793,654	2,156,717
Percentage	15.4%	8.8%
Swing	15.4%	8.8%

Senate President before election

Jose Zulueta
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

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Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 10, 1953 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino of the Liberal Party lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to former Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay of the Nacionalista Party. Quirino's running mate, Senator Jose Yulo lost to Senator Carlos P. Garcia. Vice President Fernando Lopez did not run for re-election and ran for the Senate instead, in which he emerged as the candidate with the most votes. This was the first time that an elected president did not come from the Senate. To further compound the Liberal Party's woes, they also failed to win any seats in the Senate in this election.

The Citizens' Party and the Democratic Party caucused with the Nacionalistas to provide them the majority in the Senate.

Results

Per candidate

**Summary of the November 10, 1953 Philippine Senate election result**
Rank	Candidate		Votes
1	Fernando López	Democratic	2,272,642	52.5%
2	Lorenzo Tañada	Citizens'	2,156,717	49.8%
3	Eulogio Rodriguez	Nacionalista	2,071,844	47.9%
4	Emmanuel Pelaez	Nacionalista	2,010,128	46.5%
5	Edmundo Cea	Nacionalista	1,961,705	45.3%
6	Mariano Jesús Cuenco	Nacionalista	1,853,247	42.8%
7	Alejo R. Mabanag	Nacionalista	1,846,190	42.7%
8	Ruperto Kangleon	Democratic	1,521,012	35.2%

9	Geronima Pecson	Liberal	1,349,163	31.2%
10	Camilo Osías	Liberal	1,324,567	30.6%
11	Jose Figueroa	Liberal	1,194,952	27.6%
12	Vicente Madrigal	Liberal	1,155,577	26.7%
13	José Avelino	Liberal	1,012,599	23.4%
14	Jacinto O. Borja	Liberal	968,841	22.4%
15	Salipada K. Pendatun	Liberal	945,755	21.9%
16	Pablo A. David	Liberal	909,790	21.0%
17	Felisberto Verano	Nacionalista	59,782	1.4%
18	Jose Maria Veloso	Nacionalista	10,270	0.2%
19	Alfredo Abcede	Federal Party	5,365	0.1%
20	Concepcion R. Lim de Planas	Independent	4,439	0.1%
Total turnout			4,326,706	77.2%
Total votes			24,634,585	N/A
Registered voters			5,603,231	100.0%
Note: A total of 20 candidates ran for senator.			Source:^[1]

Per party

Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	9,813,166	39.8%	19.2%	5	12	14	58.3%	2
	Liberal	8,861,244	36.6%	3.0%	0	12	7	29.2%	5
	Democratic	3,793,654	15.4%	15.4%	2	0	2	8.3%	2
	Citizens'	2,156,717	8.8%	8.8%	1	0	1	4.2%	1
	Federal	5,365	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Independent	4,439	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Totals		24,634,585	100%	—	8	24	24	100.0%

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.

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