1947 Philippine Senate election

10th Philippine senatorial election 1947 Philippine Senate election Philippines legislative no 1946 Philippine Senate election 1946 1949 Philippine Senate election 1949 8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate of the Philippines 13 1947 11 11 Jose Avelino studio photo.jpg José Avelino Liberal Party (Philippines) 11 (2 up) 15 4 12,288,616 54.72 7.46 Carlos P Garcia.jpg Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista Party 12 (6 up) 8 4 10,114,453 45.04 4.23 Senate President José Avelino Liberal Party (Philippines) José Avelino Liberal Party (Philippines) 6 2 Elections for the Senate of the Philippines were held on November 11, 1947, with eight of the 24 seats in the Senate being contested. These eight seats were elected regularly; the winners were eligible to serve six-year terms from December 30, 1947, until December 30, 1953. Gubernatorial and local elections were held on the same date. 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 1941, or the eight seats not contested in 1946; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election. Summary Going into the 1947 election, the Senate consisted of nine Liberals, 14 Nacionalista, and one Popular Front (Vicente Y. Sotto). Of the seats up for election in 1947, all eight seats were held by Nacionalistas. Senate President Jose Avelino, president of the Liberal Party, scored the opposition and said, "the Nacionalista Party of today is not the party of Quezon and Osmeña ... (it is) the party of Hukbalahaps and other dissident elements." In response, Nacionalista Party President Eulogio Rodriguez appealed for the voters to give the opposition a stronger mandate to fiscalize the administration, which they accused of being corrupt and incompetent.Philippine Electoral Almanac 2013 The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office 22 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 In the 1st Congress, the Liberals held 14 seats in the Senate, thereby retaining control of the Senate. The Liberals' total was reduced to 13 seats pursuant to the Senate Electoral Tribunal resolution in which Senator Carlos Tan (Liberal) was unseated and replaced by Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista) in 1949. Geronima Pecson became the first woman to be elected in the Senate. Retiring incumbents Esteban de la Rama (Nacionalista) Pedro Hernaez (Nacionalista) Vicente Rama (Nacionalista) Proceso Sebastian (Nacionalista) Candidates +Total seats up: 8PartyTotalLiberal Party (Philippines)8Nacionalista Party8Modernist Party (Philippines)3 Democrat (Osmeña)1 Goodwill Party1Young Philippines1Total22 Administration slate Liberal Party (LP) Jesus BarreraSotero CabahugJose ImperialEmilio JavierCamilo OsíasEulogio RodriguezFelixberto SerranoJose Maria Veloso Opposition slate Nacionalista Party (NP)Pablo Ángeles DavidFernando LopezPrimitivo LovinaVicente MadrigalGeronima PecsonCarlos TanLorenzo TañadaEmiliano Tria Tirona Third party slates Democrat (Osmeña)Rosendo Zaldarriaga Goodwill Party (GP)Melchor Lagasca Modernist Party (MP)Manuel DikitHilario MoncadoLeonardo Tenebro Young Philippines (YP)Ponciano Abordo Results The Liberal Party won seven of the eight seats up; the Nacionalista Party won the other seat. Two incumbents, all Liberals, defended their seats: Vicente Madrigal and Emiliano Tria Tirona. There were five neophyte senators, all Liberals: Pablo Ángeles y David, Fernando Lopez, Geronima Pecson, Lorenzo Tañada and Carlos Tan. Nacionalista Camilo Osías returns to the Senate, after last serving in 1929. Eulogio Rodriguez of the Nacionalistas, was the sole incumbent defeated, but won an electoral protest against Tan and was seated in 1949. 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 result Not 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 Per candidate Per party Up Before Won After +/− 300px Liberal Party 12288616 +7.46 2 11 6 15 +4 Nacionalista Party 10114453 +4.23 6 12 2 8 −4 Modernist Party 29281 −1.69 0 0 0 0 0 Young Philippines 13441 New 0 0 0 0 0 Democrat (Osmeña) 9010 −0.01 0 0 0 0 0 Goodwill Party 1641 New 0 0 0 0 0 Popular Front 0 1 0 1 0 8 24 8 24 0 3264423 4233528 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 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 54.72 NP Nacionalista Party 45.04 Others gray 0.24 Senate seats #ddd 600px 410px LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 75.00 NP Nacionalista Party 25.00 Others gray 0.00 Defeated incumbents Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista) originally lost the election, but won an election protest and was seated in 1949. See also Also held on this day: 1947 Cebu's 6th congressional district special election 1947 Philippine local elections Commission on Elections 1st Congress of the Philippines References External links Official website of the Commission on Elections 1947 General election