Philippine presidential election, 1949

November 8, 1949



Nominee	Elpidio Quirino	José P. Laurel	José Avelino
Party	Liberal	Nacionalista	Liberal
Running mate	Fernando Lopez	Manuel Briones	Vicente J. Francisco
Popular vote	1,803,808	1,318,330	419,890
Percentage	50.93%	37.22%	11.85%

President before election

Elpidio Quirino
Liberal

Elected President

Elpidio Quirino
Liberal

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Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 8, 1949, in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948. His running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President. Despite factions created in the administration party, Quirino won a satisfactory vote from the public. It was the only time in Philippine history where the duly elected president, vice president and senators all came from the same party, the Liberal Party. Carlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. Gray, publisher of the Manila Evening News, accuse Quirino in their book The Magsaysay Story ^[1] of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling it the "dirty election".

Results

President

Final Official Congressional Canvass

Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine presidential election results
Candidates		Parties	Votes	%
	Elpidio Quirino	Quirino wing of the Liberal Party	1,803,808	50.93%
	José P. Laurel	Nacionalista Party (Nationalist Party)	1,318,330	37.22%
	José Avelino	Avelino wing of the Liberal Party	419,890	11.85%

Total			3,542,028	100%

Valid votes			3,542,028	98.9%
Invalid votes			37,899	1.1%
Votes cast			3,579,917	69.7%
Registered voters			5,135,814

Vice-President

Final Official Congressional Canvass

Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine vice presidential election results
Candidate	Party		Results
Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Fernando López		Liberal (Quirino Wing)	1,341,284	52.19%
Manuel Briones		Nacionalista	1,184,215	46.08%
Vicente J. Francisco		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	44,510	1.73%
Valid votes			3,370,067	94.1%
Invalid votes			209,850	5.9%
Votes cast			3,579,917	69.7%
Registered voters			5,135,814	100.0%

External links

References

↑ "The Magsaysay Story" (The John Day Company, 1956, updated – with an additional chapter on Magsaysay's death - re-edition by Pocket Books, Special Student Edition, SP-18, December 1957)

Candidates in the Philippine presidential election, 1949

Liberal Party

President	Elpidio Quirino (won)

Vice President	Fernando Lopez (won)

Nacionalista Party

President	José P. Laurel

Vice President	Manuel Briones

Other third-party candidates

President	José Avelino

Vice President	Vicente Francisco

Presidential elections in the Philippines

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