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| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|
| Carlos P. Garcia | Nacionalista Party | 2,072,257 | 41.28 |
| José Yulo | Liberal Party | 1,386,829 | 27.62 |
| Manuel Manahan | Progressive Party | 1,049,420 | 20.90 |
| Claro M. Recto | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 429,226 | 8.55 |
| Antonio Quirino | Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a] | 60,328 | 1.20 |
| Valentin de los Santos | Lapiang Malaya | 21,674 | 0.43 |
| Alfredo Abcede | Federal Party | 470 | 0.01 |
| Total | 5,020,204 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 5,020,204 | 98.28 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 87,908 | 1.72 |
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| Total votes | 5,108,112 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 6,763,897 | 75.52 |
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| Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1] |
- ^ Quirino ran under his own wing of the Liberal Party, while the rest of the party supported Yulo's candidacy.
