1957 Philippine Senate election

15th Philippine senatorial election 1957 Philippine Senate election Philippines legislative no 1955 Philippine Senate election 1955 1959 Philippine Senate election 1959 November 12, 1957 8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party 20 (6 up) 6 20 13,271,831 47.28 19.90 Ambrosio Padilla.jpg Ambrosio Padilla Liberal Party (Philippines) 0 2 2 2 8,898,218 31.70 1.01 Sen. Raul Manglapus.jpg Raul Manglapus (lost) Progressive Party (Philippines) 0 0 0    3,393,935 12.09 12.09 Lorenzo Tanada portrait.jpg Lorenzo Tañada Nationalist Citizens' Party 2 (0 up) 0 2    1,949,972 6.95 6.95 Jose Zulueta portrait.jpg Jose Zulueta PVDMGG 1 (up) 0 0 1 346,585 1.23 1.23 Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1957 in the Philippines. The Nacionalista Party, despite losing two seats to the Liberal Party still held the Senate with twenty seats. The Liberals who won were actor Rogelio de la Rosa and former basketball player Ambrosio Padilla. Electoral system Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1951; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election. Retiring incumbents Jose P. Laurel (Nacionalista), retired from politics Mid-term vacancies Manuel Briones (Nacionalista), died on September 29, 1957 Incumbents running elsewhere These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election. Claro M. Recto (NCP), ran for president and lost Lorenzo Tañada (NCP), ran for vice president and lost Results The Nacionalista Party won six seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two. Nacionalistas Roseller T. Lim, Cipriano Primcias Sr., and Gil Puyat defended their Senate seats The two winning Liberals are neophyte senators: Ambrosio Padilla and Rogelio de la Rosa. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Nacionalistas Eulogio Balao, Oscar Ledesma, and Arturo Tolentino. Incumbent Jose Zulueta left the Nacionalista Party for the People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government; he lost the election. Two Nacionalistas also lost: Francisco Afan Delgado and Jose Locsin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24Before election‡‡^‡‡‡‡‡‡Election resultNot upLPNPNot upAfter election++***√√√Key: ‡ Seats up + Gained by a party from another party √ Held by the incumbent * Held by the same party with a new senator ^ Vacant Per candidate Per party Up Before Won After +/− 300px Nacionalista Party 13271831 −19.90 6 20 6 20 +1 Liberal Party 8898218 −1.01 0 0 2 2 +2 Progressive Party 3393935 New 0 0 0 0 0 Nationalist Citizens' Party 1949972 New 0 2 0 2 0 People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government 346585 New 1 1 0 0 −1 Lapiang Malaya 62682 New 0 0 0 0 0 Women's Party 14725 New 0 0 0 0 0 Liberal Party (Quirino wing) #f7f2c1 2515 New 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 131851 +0.45 0 0 0 0 0 Vacancy 1 1 0 0 −1 8 24 8 24 0 5108112 6763897 Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz Christof Hartmann Graham Hassall Soliman M. Santos Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific 15 November 2001 OUP Oxford 9780199249596 https://books.google.com/books?id=YK8SDAAAQBAJElectoral Politics in the Philippines Julio Teehankee http://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Electoral%20Politics%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf quezon.ph Vote share #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 47.28 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 31.70 Others gray 21.02 Senate seats #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 75.00 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 25.00 Others gray 0.00 Defeated incumbents Francisco Afan Delgado (Nacionalista), appointed as permanent representative to the United Nations in 1958 Jose Locsin (Nacionalista), appointed as chairman of the National Economic Council in 1958 Jose Zulueta (PVDMGG), ran for governor of Iloilo in 1959 and won See also Commission on Elections 4th Congress of the Philippines References External links The Philippine Presidency Project Official website of the Commission on Elections 1957 Senate election