Presidential , legislative and local elections were held on November 8, 1949 in the Philippines . Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948. His running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President . 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.
Results [ edit ] President [ edit ]
e • d Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine presidential election results
Candidate
Party
Results
Votes
%
Elpidio Quirino Liberal (Quirino Wing)1,803,808
50.93%
José P. Laurel Nacionalista 1,318,330
37.22%
José Avelino Liberal (Avelino Wing)419,890
11.85%
Valid votes
3,542,028
98.9%
Invalid votes
37,899
1.1%
Votes cast 3,579,917 69.7%
Registered voters 5,135,814 100.0%
Vice-President [ edit ]
e • d Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine vice presidential election results
Candidate
Party
Results
Votes
%
Fernando López Liberal (Quirino Wing)1,341,284
52.19%
Manuel Briones Nacionalista 1,184,215
46.08%
Vicente J. Francisco Liberal (Avelino Wing)44,510
1.73%
Valid votes
3,370,067
94.1%
Invalid votes
209,850
5.9%
Votes cast 3,579,917 69.7%
Registered voters 5,135,814 100.0%
e • d Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine Senate election result
Rank
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
1.
Quintin Paredes Liberal 1,756,898
49.1%
2.
Esteban R. Abada Liberal 1,685,520
47.1%
3.
Lorenzo Sumulong Liberal 1,615,124
45.1%
4.
Enrique B. Magalona Liberal 1,577,083
44.1%
5.
Tomas Cabili Liberal 1,575,075
44.0%
6.
Macario Peralta, Jr. Liberal 1,566,376
43.8%
7.
Justiniano Montano Liberal 1,515,569
42.3%
8.
Teodoro de Vera 1 Liberal 1,486,158
41.5%
9.
Claro M. Recto Nacionalista 1,390,528
38.8%
10.
Alejo R. Mabanag Nacionalista 1,150,818
32.1%
11.
Trinidad Legarda
Nacionalista 1,108,732
31.0%
12.
Jose O. Vera
Nacionalista 1,101,996
30.8%
13.
Jose Ma. Veloso
Nacionalista 1,069,817
29.9%
14.
Marcelo Adduru
Nacionalista 1,053,754
29.4%
15.
Pedro Hernaez
Nacionalista 1,025,342
28.6%
16.
Domocao Alonto
Nacionalista 999,581
27.9%
17.
Jose T. Nueno
Liberal (Avelino Wing )391,394
10.9%
18.
Salipada Pendatun
Liberal (Avelino Wing )374,340
10.5%
19.
Olegario Clarin
Liberal (Avelino Wing )346,921
9.7%
20.
Filemon Sotto
Liberal (Avelino Wing )343,823
9.6%
21.
Felicidad Manuel
Liberal (Avelino Wing )340,781
9.5%
22.
Aurelio Intertas
Liberal (Avelino Wing )293,630
8.2%
23.
Jose Tando
Liberal (Avelino Wing )291,550
8.1%
24.
Apolonio Curato
Liberal (Avelino Wing )267,073
7.5%
25.
Leonardo Tenebro
Independent
26.
Cesar Bulacan
Independent
Total turnout
3,579,917
69.7%
Total votes
24,336,652
N/A
Registered voters
5,135,814
100.0%
Note: A total of 27 candidates ran for senator.Source:[ 1]
^1 Claro M. Recto as per decision of Senate Electoral Tribunal dated April 3, 1952.
House of Representatives [ edit ]
e • d Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Parties and coalitions
Popular vote
Seats won
Total
%
Swing
Total
%
+/−
Liberal 1,834,173
53.00%
60 60.00%
Nacionalista 1,178,402
34.05%
33 33.00%
Liberal (Avelino wing)385,188
11.13%
6 6.00%
Citizens' 6,434
0.19%
0 0.00%
Democratic 3,760
0.11%
0 0.00%
People's
3,423
0.10%
0 0.00%
Collectivsta
193
0.01%
0 0.00%
Christian Democrats
52
0.10%
0 0.00%
Independent 49,265
1.42%
1 1.00%
Totals
3,460,888
100.00%
--
100
100.00%
Source: Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF) . quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-11 .
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann, ed. Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II . Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598 .
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