1949 Philippine Senate election

11th Philippine senatorial election 1949 Philippine Senate election Philippines legislative no 1947 Philippine Senate election 1947 1951 Philippine Senate election 1951 8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 November 8, 1949 Mariano Jesus Cuenco.jpg Mariano Jesús Cuenco Liberal Party (Philippines) 12 (2 up) 8 17 5 12,782,449 52.52 2.20 Carlos P Garcia.jpg Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista Party 8 (4 up) 0 4 4 8,900,568 36.57 8.47 Senate President Mariano Jesús Cuenco Liberal Party (Philippines) Mariano Jesús Cuenco Liberal Party (Philippines) Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 8, 1949 in the Philippines. While President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948, and his running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President, their Liberal Party won all of the contested seats in the Senate. 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. Carlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. Gray, publisher of the Manila Evening News, accuse Quirino in their book The Magsaysay Story (The John Day Company, 1956, updated - with an additional chapter on Magsaysay's death - re-edition by Pocket Books, Special Student Edition, SP-18, December 1957) of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling it the "dirty election". 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 won by the 9th to 16th placed candidates 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. Retiring incumbents Alauya Alonto (Nacionalista) Ramon Diokno (Nacionalista) Prospero Sanidad (Liberal) Incumbents running elsewhere Fernando Lopez (Liberal), elected as vice president, left office on December 30, 1949 Results The Liberal Party wing led by President Elpidio Quirino (the "Quirinistas") won all 8 seats, shutting out the wing led by former Senate President Jose Avelino (the "Avelinistas"), and the Nacionalista Party. Two incumbents, Tomas Cabili and Enrique Magalona of the Quirinistas defended their seats, while four incumbents, Avelinistas Olegario Clarin and Salipada Pendatun, and Alejo Mabanag and Jose O. Vera of the Nacionalistas lost their seats. Newcomers include Esteban Abada, Teodoro de Vera, Justianiano Montano, Quinttin Paredes, Macario Peralta Jr. and Lorenzo Sumulong, all Quirinistas. Senator Fernando Lopez ran and won in concurrent vice presidential elections. He left office on December 30, 1949, when his vice presidential term started. 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 upLPNot 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 Votes Quintin Paredes Liberal Party (Quirino Wing) 1756898 #FFFFCC Esteban Abada Liberal Party (Quirino Wing) 1685520 #FFFFCC Lorenzo Sumulong Liberal Party (Quirino Wing) 1615124 #FFFFCC Enrique Magalona Liberal Party (Quirino Wing) 1577083 #FFFFCC Tomas Cabili Liberal Party (Quirino Wing) 1575075 #FFFFCC Macario Peralta Jr. Liberal Party (Quirino Wing) 1566376 #FFFFCC Justiniano Montano Liberal Party (Quirino Wing) 1515569 #FFFFCC Teodoro de Vera Liberal Party (Quirino Wing) 1486158 #FFFFCC Claro M. Recto Nacionalista Party 1390528 Alejo Mabanag Nacionalista Party 1150818 Trinidad Legarda Nacionalista Party 1108732 Jose O. Vera Nacionalista Party 1101996 Jose Maria Veloso Nacionalista Party 1069817 Marcelo Adduru Nacionalista Party 1053754 Pedro Hernaez Nacionalista Party 1025342 Domocao Alonto Nacionalista Party 999581 Jose T. Nueno Liberal Party (Avelino Wing) 391394 Salipada Pendatun Liberal Party (Avelino Wing) 374340 Olegario Clarin Liberal Party (Avelino Wing) 346921 Filemon Sotto Liberal Party (Avelino Wing) 343823 Felicidad Manuel Liberal Party (Avelino Wing) 340781 Aurelio Intertas Liberal Party (Avelino Wing) 293630 Jose Tando Liberal Party (Avelino Wing) 291550 Apolonio D. Curato Liberal Party (Avelino Wing) 267073 Leonardo Tenebro Independent 4592 Cesar Bulacan Independent 1531 Manuel P. Montalvo Independent 388 Tito Estrella Liberal Party (Quirino Wing) 269 Rosendo Zaldarriaga Independent 94 3580688 3580688 Per party The Liberals originally had 19 seats entering the 2nd Congress, but the election of Senator Fernando Lopez to the vice presidency meant that his seat is vacant until 1951, when it was contested in a special election. Up Before Won After +/− 300px Liberal Party (Quirino wing) 12782449 −2.20 2 12 8 17 +5 Nacionalista Party 8900568 −8.47 4 8 0 4 −4 Liberal Party (Avelino wing) #FFFFCC 2649512 New 2 3 0 1 −2 Independent 4123 New 0 0 0 0 0 Popular Front 0 1 0 1 0 Vacancy 0 0 0 1 +1 8 24 8 24 0 3579917 5135814 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 (Quirino) Liberal Party (Philippines) 52.52 NP Nacionalista Party 36.57 LP (Avelino) #FFFFCC 10.89 Others gray 0.02 Senate seats #ddd 600px 410px LP (Quirino) Liberal Party (Philippines) 100 NP Nacionalista Party 0 LP (Avelino) #FFFFCC 0 Others gray 0 Defeated incumbents Olegario Clarin (Liberal–Avelino wing) retired from politics Alejo Mabanag (Nacionalista) ran in 1953 and won Salipada Pendatun (Liberal–Avelino wing) ran in 1953 and lost, ran for House representative from Cotabato in 1957 and won Jose O. Vera (Nacionalista) retired from politics See also Commission on Elections 2nd Congress of the Philippines References External links The Philippine Presidency Project Official website of the Commission on Elections 1949 General election