1949_Philippine_Senate_election

1949 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Mariano Jesús Cuenco; Liberal	Elected Senate President ; Mariano Jesús Cuenco; Liberal

1949 Philippine Senate election

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Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 8, 1949 in the Philippines.

Quick Facts 8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

While President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948, and his running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President, their Liberal Party won all of the contested seats in the Senate. 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 (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) of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling it the "dirty election".

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[lpwings-1] The Liberal Party was split into two wings: those who supported Quirino or the "Quirinitas" or the "Quirino wing", and those who supported Avelino or the "Avelinistas" or the "Avelino wing".

[devera-recto-2] Teodoro de Vera was later removed from office in favor of Claro M. Recto who won an election protest.

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Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	LP								Not up
After election	^	√	*	+	+	+	+	+	+

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Quintin Paredes	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,756,898	49.08
	Esteban Abada	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,685,520	47.08
	Lorenzo Sumulong	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,615,124	45.12
	Enrique Magalona	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,577,083	44.05
	Tomas Cabili	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,575,075	44.00
	Macario Peralta Jr.	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,566,376	43.75
	Justiniano Montano	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,515,569	42.34
	Teodoro de Vera^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,486,158	41.51
	Claro M. Recto^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Nacionalista Party	1,390,528	38.84
	Alejo R. Mabanag	Nacionalista Party	1,150,818	32.15
	Trinidad Legarda	Nacionalista Party	1,108,732	30.97
	Jose O. Vera	Nacionalista Party	1,101,996	30.78
	Jose Maria Veloso	Nacionalista Party	1,069,817	29.88
	Marcelo Adduru	Nacionalista Party	1,053,754	29.44
	Pedro Hernaez	Nacionalista Party	1,025,342	28.64
	Domocao Alonto	Nacionalista Party	999,581	27.92
	Jose T. Nueno	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	391,394	10.93
	Salipada Pendatun	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	374,340	10.46
	Olegario Clarin	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	346,921	9.69
	Filemon Sotto	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	343,823	9.60
	Felicidad Manuel	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	340,781	9.52
	Aurelio Intertas	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	293,630	8.20
	Jose Tando	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	291,550	8.14
	Apolonio Curato	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	267,073	7.46
	Leonardo Tenebro	Independent	4,592	0.13
	Cesar Bulacan	Independent	1,531	0.04
Total			24,334,006	100.00

Total votes			3,579,917	–
Registered voters/turnout			5,135,814	69.70


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Liberal Party	12,782,449	52.52	−1.95	2	12	8	17	+5
	Nacionalista Party	8,900,568	36.57	−8.43	4	8	0	4	−4
	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)	2,649,512	10.89	New	2	3	0	1	−2
	Independent	4,123	0.02	−0.48	0	0	0	0	0
	Popular Front				0	1	0	1	0
Vacancy					0	0	0	1	+1
Total		24,336,652	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0

Total votes		3,579,917	–
Registered voters/turnout		5,135,814	69.70
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

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