1955 Philippine Senate election

14th Philippine senatorial election 1955 Philippine general election Philippines legislative no 1953 Philippine Senate election 1953 1957 Philippine Senate election 1957 November 8, 1955 8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate and 1 mid-term vacancy 13 Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party 17 (3 up) 9 23 6 18,422,368 67.18 27.35 Diosdado Macapagal photo.jpg Diosdado Macapagal (lost) Liberal Party (Philippines) 4 (4 up) 0 0 4 8,968,978 32.71 3.26 Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party A senatorial election in the Philippines was held on November 8, 1955. This was a midterm election, the date when the winners took office falling halfway through President Ramon Magsaysay's four-year term. 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 1949; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election. There was a separate special election held for the vacant seat of Senator Carlos P. Garcia after he won as Vice President in 1953. This is under first-past-the-post. The winner shall then serve for the remainder of Garcia's Senate term. Summary Since Magsaysay was very popular midway through his term, there were 10 candidates who ran under the Nacionalista banner. His adoptive Nacionalista Party continued to grow in strength with the absorption of their erstwhile coalition partner, the Democratic Party; but a pillar of the NP could not hide his opposition to the president. Senator Claro M. Recto, one of those who actively sought the adoption of the former Defense Secretary into the NP fold in 1953, had grown critical of Magsaysay, calling him a “banana dictator” and “American puppet,” among other unflattering names. In retaliation, Magsaysay refused the inclusion of Recto into the NP Senate slate of 1955, prompting the Batangueño leader to seek support for his candidacy with the Liberals. Though Lorenzo Tañada of the NCP had cooperated with the NP in 1953, Recto became the first “guest candidate” in Philippine electoral history, when he was included in the Liberal Party lineup but did not resign his membership as a Nacionalista.Philippine Electoral Almanac 2013 The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office 28 http://pcdspo.gov.ph/pub/201305may-election-almanac.php dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140409023000/http://pcdspo.gov.ph/pub/201305may-election-almanac.php 2014-04-09 Retiring incumbents Tomas Cabili (Liberal) Justiniano Montano (Liberal), ran for House representative from Cavite's at-large district in 1957 and won Mid-term vacancies Esteban Abada (Liberal), died on December 17, 1954 Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista), elected vice president, left office on December 30, 1953 Results The Nacionalista Party won all eight seats contested in the general election, and won the one seat contested in the special election. Nacionalistas Quintin Paredes, Claro M. Recto, Lorenzo Sumulong both defended their Senate seats. Paredes and Sumulong were former Liberals who ran as Nacionalistas in this election. The two Liberal senators who defended their seats were defeated: Enrique Magalona and Macario Peralta Jr. Five winners are neophyte Nacionalista senators: Decoroso Rosales, Domocao Alonto, Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo, Pacita Madrigal-Warns, and Pedro Sabido. Madrigal-Warns became the only woman in the Senate. 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 upNPNot 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 (general election) Special election One seat was up for election to fill its vacancy created by Carlos P. Garcia's election as vice president in 1953. Unlike the regular election, this is held under the first past the post system. Per party This includes the result of the special election. Up Before Won After +/− 300px Nacionalista Party 18422368 +27.35 3 17 9 23 +6 Liberal Party 8968978 −3.26 4 4 0 0 −4 Federal Party 22769 +0.06 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 6811 +0.01 0 0 0 0 0 Citizens Party 0 1 0 1 0 Vacant 2 1 0 0 −1 9 24 9 24 0 5046488 6487061 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 https://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Electoral%20Politics%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf quezon.ph Vote share #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 67.18 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 32.71 Others gray 0.10 Senate seats #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 100.0 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 0.0 Others gray 0.0 Defeated incumbents Enrique Magalona (Liberal) retired from politics Macario Peralta Jr. (Liberal) appointed Secretary of National Defense in 1962 See also Also held on this day: 1955 Philippine House of Representatives special elections 1955 Philippine local elections Commission on Elections 3rd Congress of the Philippines References External links Official website of the Commission on Elections 1955 Senate election