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1949 Philippine Senate election
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Mariano Jesús Cuenco
Carlos P. Garcia
Party
Liberal
Nacionalista
Leader's seat
Nationwide at-large
Nationwide at-large
Seats before
15
8
Seats after
18
4
Seat change
Popular vote
12,782,449
8,900,568
Percentage
52.5%
36.6%
Swing
Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 8, 1949 in the Philippines .
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 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".
Results Per candidate Candidate Party Votes % Quintin Paredes Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a] 1,756,898 49.08 Esteban Abada Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a] 1,685,520 47.08 Lorenzo Sumulong Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a] 1,615,124 45.12 Enrique Magalona Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a] 1,577,083 44.05 Tomas Cabili Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a] 1,575,075 44.00 Macario Peralta Jr. Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a] 1,566,376 43.75 Justiniano Montano Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a] 1,515,569 42.34 Teodoro de Vera [b] Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a] 1,486,158 41.51 Claro M. Recto [b] 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)[a] 391,394 10.93 Salipada Pendatun Liberal Party (Avelino wing)[a] 374,340 10.46 Olegario Clarin Liberal Party (Avelino wing)[a] 346,921 9.69 Filemon Sotto Liberal Party (Avelino wing)[a] 343,823 9.60 Felicidad Manuel Liberal Party (Avelino wing)[a] 340,781 9.52 Aurelio Intertas Liberal Party (Avelino wing)[a] 293,630 8.20 Jose Tando Liberal Party (Avelino wing)[a] 291,550 8.14 Apolonio Curato Liberal Party (Avelino wing)[a] 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
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p 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".
^ a b Teodoro de Vera was later removed from office in favor of Claro M. Recto who won an election protest.
Per party The Liberals originally had 19 seats entering the 2nd Congress, but the election of Senator Fernando Lopez to the vice presidency meant that his seat is vacant until 1951, when it was contested in a special election.
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Party
Popular vote
Seats
Total
%
Swing
Won
Before
After
%
+/−
Liberal
12,782,449
52.5%
8
15
18
66.7%
Nacionalista
8,900,568
36.6%
0
8
4
29.2%
Liberal –Avelino wing
2,649,512
10.9%
0
0
0
0.0%
Independent
4,123
0.0%
0
0
0
0.0%
Popular Front
–
–
—
0
1
1
0.0%
Totals
24,336,652
100%
—
8
24
23
95.8%
See also References
External links
Philippines portal 
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