1959 Philippine Senate election

16th Philippine senatorial election 1959 Philippine Senate election Philippines legislative no 1957 Philippine Senate election 1957 1961 Philippine Senate election 1961 November 10, 1959 8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party 19 (4 up) 5 19 15,426,288 45.04 2.86 Senator Ferdinand E. Marcos.jpg Ferdinand Marcos Liberal Party (Philippines) 2 (0 up) 2 4 2 9,691,155 28.29 3.82 105px Lorenzo Tañada Nationalist Citizens' Party 1 (1 up) 1 1 0 2,029,200 5.92 1.11 105px Raul Manglapus (lost) Progressive Party (Philippines) 1 (1 up) 0 0 1 7,059,564 20.61 8.36 Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party 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. The Grand Alliance (GA) coalition, formed between the Progressive Party of the Philippines (PPP) and defectors of the Nacionalista and Liberal parties, did not win any Senate seat despite being supported with an influence campaign by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency.LardnerJr. George Ex-CIA Agent Recalls Marcos' Rise to Power https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000403710024-4.pdf July 17, 2025 The Washington Post April 5, 1986 Central Intelligence Agency 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 1953; 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 No incumbents retired on this election. Mid-term vacancies Ruperto Kangleon (Democratic), died on February 28, 1958 Alejo Mabanag (Nacionalista), appointed Secretary of Justice on July 14, 1959 Results The Nacionalista Party won five seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two, and the Nationalist Citizens' Party won one. Lorenzo Tañada of the Nationalist Citizens' Party and Nacionalistas Mariano Jesús Cuenco, Fernando Lopez, and Eulogio Rodriguez defended their Senate seats. Lopez was originally from the Democratic Party, and ran as a Nacionalista on this election. The two winning Liberals are neophyte senators: Estanislao Fernandez and Ferdinand Marcos. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Nacionalistas Alejandro Almendras and Genaro Magsaysay. Incumbent Nacionalista senators Edmundo B. Cea and Emmanuel Pelaez both lost. 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 upLPNCPNPNot 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 ^ Vacancy Per candidate Per party Up Before Won After +/− 300px Nacionalista Party 15426288 −2.86 4 19 5 19 0 Liberal Party 9691155 −3.82 0 2 2 4 +2 Progressive Party 7059564 +8.36 1 1 0 0 −1 Nationalist Citizens' Party 2029200 −1.11 1 1 1 1 0 Federal Party 27383 +0.08 0 0 0 0 0 New Party 2596 New 0 0 0 0 0 Cooperative Democratic Party 2286 New 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 13695 −0.44 0 0 0 0 0 Vacancy 2 2 0 0 −2 8 24 8 24 0 6393724 7822472 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 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.phothers Vote share #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 45.04 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 28.29 PPP Progressive Party (Philippines) 20.61 NCP Nationalist Citizens' Party 5.92 Others gray 0.14 Senate seats #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 62.50 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 25.00 PPP Progressive Party (Philippines) 0.00 NCP Nationalist Citizens' Party 12.50 Others gray 0.00 Defeated incumbents Edmundo B. Cea (Nacionalista) retired from politics Emmanuel Pelaez (Progressive) ran for Vice President of the Philippines in 1961 and won See also Also held on this day: 1959 Philippine local elections Commission on Elections 4th Congress of the Philippines References External links Official website of the Commission on Elections 1959 Senate election