1953 Philippine general election

Election in the Philippines on 1953

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

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### President

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Main article: 1953 Philippine presidential election

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Ramon Magsaysay| Nacionalista Party| 2,912,992| 68.90
| Elpidio Quirino| Liberal Party| 1,313,991| 31.08
| Gaudencio Bueno| Independent| 736| 0.02
Total| 4,227,719| 100.00
Valid votes| 4,227,719| 97.71
Invalid/blank votes| 98,987| 2.29
Total votes| 4,326,706| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 5,603,231| 77.22
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[4]

### Vice-President

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Carlos P. Garcia| Nacionalista Party| 2,515,265| 62.90
| José Yulo| Liberal Party| 1,483,802| 37.10
Total| 3,999,067| 100.00
Valid votes| 3,999,067| 92.43
Invalid/blank votes| 327,639| 7.57
Total votes| 4,326,706| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 5,603,231| 77.22
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[5]

### Senate

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Main article: 1953 Philippine Senate election

Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
Nacionalista Party
Liberal Party
Democratic Party
Vacancy Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Fernando Lopez| Democratic Party| 2,272,642| 52.53
| Lorenzo Tañada| Citizens' Party| 2,156,717| 49.85
| Eulogio Rodriguez| Nacionalista Party| 2,071,844| 47.89
| Emmanuel Pelaez| Nacionalista Party| 2,010,128| 46.46
| Edmundo B. Cea| Nacionalista Party| 1,961,705| 45.34
| Mariano Jesús Cuenco| Nacionalista Party| 1,853,247| 42.83
| Alejo R. Mabanag| Nacionalista Party| 1,846,190| 42.67
| Ruperto Kangleon| Democratic Party| 1,521,012| 35.15
| Geronima Pecson| Liberal Party| 1,349,163| 31.18
| Camilo Osías| Liberal Party| 1,324,567| 30.61
| Jose Figueroa| Liberal Party| 1,194,952| 27.62
| Vicente Madrigal| Liberal Party| 1,155,577| 26.71
| José Avelino| Liberal Party| 1,012,599| 23.40
| Jacinto O. Borja| Liberal Party| 968,841| 22.39
| Salipada Pendatun| Liberal Party| 945,755| 21.86
| Pablo Angeles y David| Liberal Party| 909,790| 21.03
| Felixberto Verano| Nacionalista Party| 59,782| 1.38
| Jose Maria Veloso| Nacionalista Party| 10,270| 0.24
| Alfredo Abcede| Federal Party| 5,365| 0.12
| Concepcion R. Lim de Planas| Independent| 4,439| 0.10
Total| 24,634,585| 100.00
Total votes| 4,326,706| –
Registered voters/turnout| 5,603,231| 77.22

### House of Representatives

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Main article: 1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party| Votes| %| +/–| Seats| +/–
| Nacionalista Party| 1,930,367| 47.30| +13.25| 59| +26
| Liberal Party| 1,624,571| 39.81| −24.32| 31| −29
| Democratic Party| 284,222| 6.96| +6.85| 9| New
| Democratic Party/Nacionalista Party| 58,667| 1.44| New| 2| New
| Nacionalista Party (independent)| 42,081| 1.03| New| 0| 0
| Liberal Party (independent)| 25,927| 0.64| New| 0| 0
| People's Party| 3,155| 0.08| New| 0| 0
| New Young Philippines| 620| 0.02| New| 0| 0
| Republican Party| 431| 0.01| New| 0| 0
| Independent| 111,160| 2.72| +1.30| 1| 0
Total| 4,081,201| 100.00| –| 102| +2
Valid votes| 4,081,201| 94.33| −2.35|
Invalid/blank votes| 245,495| 5.67| +2.35|
Total votes| 4,326,696| 100.00| –|
Registered voters/turnout| 5,603,231| 77.22| +9.83|
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[6] and Teehankee[7]

## See also

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* Commission on Elections
* Politics of the Philippines
* Philippine elections
* President of the Philippines
* 3rd Congress of the Philippines

## References

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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.

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