1959 Philippine Senate election

1959 Philippine Senate election

November 10, 1959
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Eulogio Rodriguez Ferdinand Marcos Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 20 2 Seats after 19 4 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 17,160,618 10,850,799 Percentage 50.1% 31.7% Swing 2.9% 0.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Lorenzo Tañada Raul Manglapus Party NCP Progressive Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large (lost) Seats before 1 0 Seats after 1 0 Seat change       Popular vote 2,029,200 3,163,609 Percentage 5.9% 9.2% Swing 1.0% 2.8%
Senate President before election Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Elected Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista

A senatorial election was held on November 10, 1959 in the Philippines. The 1959 elections were known as the 1959 Philippine midterm elections as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Carlos P. Garcia's four-year term.

The Liberal Party continued chipping away from the Nacionalista Party's dominance in the Senate, winning two more seats, although the Nacionalistas still possessed 19 out of 24 seats in the chamber.

Results

Per candidate

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ferdinand Marcos	Liberal Party	2,661,153	41.62
	Genaro Magsaysay	Nacionalista Party	2,457,218	38.43
	Fernando Lopez	Nacionalista Party	2,366,166	37.01
	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal Party	2,071,865	32.40
	Mariano Jesús Cuenco	Nacionalista Party	2,046,842	32.01
	Eulogio Rodriguez	Nacionalista Party	2,037,682	31.87
	Lorenzo Tañada	Nationalist Citizens' Party	2,029,200	31.74
	Alejandro Almendras	Nacionalista Party	1,857,782	29.06
	Edmundo B. Cea	Nacionalista Party	1,764,436	27.60
	Emmanuel Pelaez	Party for Philippine Progress	1,734,330	27.13
	Raul Manglapus	Party for Philippine Progress	1,651,097	25.82
	Juan Pajo	Nacionalista Party	1,623,637	25.39
	Manuel Manahan	Party for Philippine Progress	1,512,512	23.66
	Sofronio Quimson	Nacionalista Party	1,272,525	19.90
	Cornelio Villareal	Liberal Party	1,266,826	19.81
	Terry Adevoso	Liberal Party	1,035,147	16.19
	Jacinto Borja	Liberal Party	1,021,281	15.97
	Jesus M. Vargas	Party for Philippine Progress	1,001,981	15.67
	Esmeraldo Eco	Liberal Party	947,261	14.82
	Duma Sinsuat	Liberal Party	687,622	10.75
	Narciso Pimentel Jr.	Party for Philippine Progress	621,915	9.73
	Osmundo Mondoñedo	Party for Philippine Progress	537,729	8.41
	Alfredo Abcede	Federal Party	27,383	0.43
	Valentin Festejo	Independent	3,263	0.05
	Gualberto Cruz	Independent	2,801	0.04
	Narciso J. Alegre	New Party	2,596	0.04
	Emilio Alcutse Aninao	Independent	2,379	0.04
	Natalio M. Beltran Jr	Cooperative Democratic Party	2,286	0.04
	Gregorio Llanza	Independent	1,727	0.03
	Consuelo Fa Alvear	Independent	1,268	0.02
	Isaac Eceta	Independent	1,209	0.02
	Chenchay Reyes Juta	Independent	1,048	0.02
Total			34,252,167	100.00
Total votes			6,393,724	–
Registered voters/turnout			7,822,472	81.74

Per party

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Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
Nacionalista	17,160,618	51.4%	4.2%	5	19	19	79.2%
Liberal	10,850,799	32.5%	0.7%	2	2	4	16.7%	2
Progressive	3,163,609	9.5%	2.6%	0	0	0	0.0%
NCP	2,029,200	6.1%	0.9%	1	0	1	4.2%	1
	Federal	27,383	0.1%	0.1%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Cooperative Democratic	2,286	0.0%	0.2%	0	0	0	0.0%
Independent	1,015,676	3.0%	2.5%	0	0	0	0.0%
Totals		34,249,571	100%	—	8	24	24	100.0%

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 4th Congress of the Philippines

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections