Philippine general election, 1953

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Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 10, 1953 in the Philippines. 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.

[edit] Results

e • d **Summary of the November 10, 1953 Philippine Senate election result**
Rank	Candidate		Votes
1	Fernando Lopez	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 Jesus 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]

e • d **Summary of the November 10, 1953 Philippine House of Representatives election results**
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats won
Parties and coalitions		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	1,930,367	47.30%	13.25%	31	30.39%	2
	Liberal	1,624,571	39.81%	13.19%	59	57.84%	7
	Democratic	342,889	8.40%	8.29%	11	11.76%	11
	Independent	111,160	8.40%	8.29%	1	0.98%
	Independent Nacionalista	42,081	1.03%	1.03%	0	0.00%
	Independent Liberal	25,927	0.64%	0.64%	0	0.00%
	People's	3,155	0.08%	0.02%	0	0.00%
	New Young Philippines	620	0.02%	0.02%	0	0.00%
	Republican	431	0.01%	0.01%	0	0.00%
	Citizens'	0	0.00%	0.19%	0	0.98%
Totals		4,081,201	100.00%	--	102	100.00%	2
Source: Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines". quezon.ph. http://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Electoral%20Politics%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann, ed (2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.