1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections

November 10, 1953
All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 52 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   LP NP DP Leader Eugenio Pérez José Laurel, Jr. Party Liberal Nacionalista Democratic Leader's seat Pangasinan–2nd Batangas–3rd Last election 66 seats, 64.13% 33 seats, 34.05% 0 seat, 0.11% Seats before 66A 33 0 Seats won 59 31 11 Seat change 7 2 11 Popular vote 1,624,571 1,930,367 342,889 Percentage 39.81% 47.30% 8.40% Swing 24.32% 13.25% 8.29%
Speaker before election Eugenio Pérez Liberal Elected Speaker José Laurel, Jr. Nacionalista

The elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 10, 1953. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Elpidio Quirino's Liberal Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. However, Ramon Magsaysay of the opposition Nacionalista Party was elected president, and several elected Liberal Party congressmen defected to the Nacionalista Party, leading to José Laurel, Jr. being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The elected representatives served in the 3rd Congress from 1953 to 1957.

Results

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

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width=39.81% bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color|39.81% width=47.30% bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color|47.30% width=8.40% bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (Philippines)/meta/color|8.40% width=2.72% bgcolor=Template:Independent politician/meta/color| Liberal Nacionalista DP [1]

¹ Independents: 2.72%

No seats won: 1.78% (white)

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 and Teehankee

Note

A. ^ The combined number of seats of the Liberal Party after the two factions merged back together.

See also

• 3rd Congress of the Philippines

References

• The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month=, |chapterurl=, and |coauthors= (help)
• Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month=, |chapterurl=, and |coauthors= (help)
• Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.