1946 Philippine Senate election

9th Philippine senatorial election 1946 Philippine Senate election Philippines legislative no 1941 Philippine Senate election 1941 1947 Philippine Senate election 1947 16 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 April 23, 1946 Jose Avelino studio photo.jpg José Avelino Nacionalista Party (Liberal wing) 3 (1 up) 9 10 6 8,626,965 47.26 Carlos P Garcia.jpg Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista Party 20 (9 up) 6 13 3 7,454,074 40.81 Vicente Yap Sotto 1.jpg Vicente Sotto Popular Front (Philippines) 0 1 1 1 1,199,138 6.56 Senate President Manuel Roxas Nacionalista Party (Liberal wing) José Avelino Nacionalista Party (Liberal wing) Elections for the members of the Senate were held on April 23, 1946, in the Philippines (pursuant to Commonwealth Act No. 725). Electoral system Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. There are 24 seats in the Senate, with eight seats up every election for every two years starting from the first election in 1941; of the results in that election, the first eight would have served for six years, the next eight for four years, and the last eight for two years. Due to the intervention of World War II and the destruction of records, this election was the next election since 1941, and that lots were drawn on the 16 seats that would have been up in this election. On this election, each voter has sixteen votes, of which one can vote up to sixteen names. Sixteen candidates shall then be elected, of which the first eight candidates with the most votes serving until 1951, then the next eight serving until 1949. Background Soon after the reconstitution of the Commonwealth Government in 1945 Senators Manuel Roxas, Elpidio Quirino and their allies called for an early national election to choose the president and vice president of the Philippines and members of the Congress. In December 1945, the United States House Committee on Insular Affairs of the United States Congress approved the joint resolution setting the election date at not later than April 30, 1946. Prompted by this congressional action, President Sergio Osmeña called the Philippine Congress to a three-day special session. Congress enacted Commonwealth Act No. 725, setting the election on April 23, 1946, and was approved by President Osmeña on January 5, 1946. Retiring incumbents The following are retiring in this election: Antonio de las Alas (Nacionalista) Nicolas Buendia (Nacionalista) Ramon J. Fernandez (Nacionalista) Domingo Imperial (Nacionalista) Quintin Paredes (Nacionalista–Liberal wing) Ran for representative from Abra and won Elpidio Quirino (Nacionalista–Liberal wing) Ran for vice president of the Philippines and won Manuel Roxas (Nacionalista–Liberal wing) Ran for president of the Philippines and won José Yulo (Nacionalista) Mid-term vacancies Daniel Maramba (Nacionalista), died on December 28, 1941 José Ozámiz (Nacionalista), executed on February 11, 1944 Senators running elsewhere Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista) ran for vice president of the Philippines and lost Candidates +Total seats up: 16PartyTotalNacionalista Party16Liberal Party (Philippines)16Modernist Party (Philippines)15National Welfare Service Party3Popular Front (Philippines)2Democratic (Osmeña)1Democratic Alliance (Philippines)1Laborite Party1Independent Nacionalista1Total56 +Major partiesNacionalista Party (NP)Nacionalista Party (Liberal wing) (NP L)Modernist Party (MP)Jose AltavasMelecio ArranzMiguel AnzuresAntonio AranetaJosé AvelinoGodofredo CalubPascual AzanzaOlegario ClarinConstancio P. CecilioTomas CabiliEduardo Cojuangco Sr.Jose ClimacoTomás ConfesorMariano Jesús CuencoEmilia T. Del RosarioTimoteo ConsingServillano dela CruzJesus InfanteRamón DioknoVicente dela CruzMarcelino JosueCarlos P. GarciaVicente FranciscoVicente OcampoDionesio GutierrezMariano GarchitorenaCarlos Padilla Sr.Pedro InsuaVicente LavaFelix E. ReyAlejo MabanagPasto LavadiaCasiano RosalesRafael MartinezEnrique MagalonaDominador SantiagoPedro S. ReyesPedro MagsalinManuel SilosJosé E. RomeroSalipada PendatunJose C. SotoAsa-ad UsmanProspero SanidadCarlos V. TolosaJosé O. VeraRamon Torres +Minor partiesDemocratic (Osmeña)Democratic Alliance (DA)Laborite PartyNacionalista Party (independent)National Welfare Service PartyPopular Front (PF)Rosendo ZaldarriagaRamon LopezAntonio PaguiaFrancisco ZanduetaIsmael GolezEmilio M. Javier rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Melchor LagascaVicente SottoPaul Versoza Results The election was generally peaceful and orderly except in some places where passions ran high, especially in the province of Pampanga. According to the controversial decision of the Electoral Tribunal of the House of Representatives on Meliton Soliman vs. Luis Taruc, Pampanga "was under the terroristic clutches and control of the Hukbalahaps. So terrorized were the people of Arayat, at one time, 200 persons abandoned their homes, their work, and their food, all their belongings in a mass evacuation to the poblacion due to fear and terror." The dominant Nacionalista Party was divided into two wings in this election. The Liberal wing was led by Senate President Manuel Roxas, while the original Nacionalista Party was headed by President Sergio Osmeña. Roxas defeated Osmeña in the concurrent presidential election, while Roxas's running mate Senator Elpidio Quirino defeated Osmeña's running mate Senator Eulogio Rodriguez. In the Senate elections, the Liberal wing won nine seats, the original Nacionalista Party won six seats, and the Popular Front won one. These senators from Liberal wing defended their seats: Melecio Arranz, Mariano Jesus Cuenco, and Ramon Torres. Carlos P. Garcia was the sole senator from the original Nacionalista Party to defend his seat. Newcomer senators include the Liberal wing's topnotcher Vicente Francisco, Jose Avelino, Olegario Clarin, Enrique Magalona, and Salipada Pendatun. Neophytes from the original Nacionalista Party are Tomas Confesor, Alejo Mabanag, Tomas Cabili, and Ramon Diokno. Newcomer Vicente Sotto was the sole candidate of the Popular Front elected. José E. Romero of the Nacionalista was also a neophyte senator, but was unseated by the Prospero Sanidad of the Liberals, also a neophyte. José O. Vera of the original Nacionalista Party, who last served in the Senate when it was abolished in 1935, is the sole senator to make a comeback. The Liberal Party won nine out of 16 contested senatorial seats; the first eight senators would serve until 1951, and the second eight until 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 resultNot upLPPFNPNot upAfter election√√**** + + ++****√√Key: ‡ Seats up ^ Vacancy + Gained by a party from another party √ Held by the incumbent * Held by the same party with a new senator Votes Vicente Francisco Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 735671 #FFFFCC Vicente Sotto Popular Front 717225 #FFFFCC Jose Avelino Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 708420 #FFFFCC Melecio Arranz Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 666700 #FFFFCC Ramon Torres Ramon Torres (politician) Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 640477 #FFFFCC Tomas Confesor Nacionalista Party 627354 #FFFFCC Mariano Jesus Cuenco Mariano Cuenco Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 623650 #FFFFCC Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista Party 617542 #FFFFCC Olegario Clarin Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 611227 #FFFFCC Alejo Mabanag Nacionalista Party 608902 #FFFFCC Enrique Magalona Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 591796 #FFFFCC Tomas Cabili Nacionalista Party 589762 #FFFFCC Jose O. Vera Nacionalista Party 588993 #FFFFCC Ramon Diokno Nacionalista Party 584593 #FFFFCC Jose E. Romero Nacionalista Party 563816 #FFFFCC Salipada Pendatun Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 557156 #FFFFCC Prospero Sanidad Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 556772 Vicente dela Cruz Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 544621 Servillano dela Cruz Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 536995 Pedro Magsalin Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 516127 Antonio Paguia Laborite Party Laborite Party 505770 Santiago Fonacier Nacionalista Party 499565 Antonio Araneta Nacionalista Party 491054 Emilio M.Javier Popular Front 481913 Eduardo Cojuangco Sr. Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 481683 Pedro S. Reyes Nacionalista Party 465987 Jose Altavas Nacionalista Party 461014 Rafael Martinez Rafael Martinez (politician) Nacionalista Party 449534 Vicente Lava Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 431842 Mariano Garchitorena Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 423828 Pedro Insua Nacionalista Party 403561 Pascual Azanza Nacionalista Party 397835 Carlos Padilla Sr. Modernist Party 75066 Dionesio Gutierrez Nacionalista Party 49037 Francisco Zandueta Nacionalista Party (Independent) 47802 Ramon Lopez Democratic Alliance 44718 Vicente Ocampo Modernist Party 43872 Jose C. Soto Modernist Party 35408 Asa-ad Usman Nacionalista Party 28924 Timoteo Y. Consing Nacionalista Party 27597 Emilia T. del Rosario Modernist Party 25586 Manuel Silos Modernist Party 23344 Miguel Anzures Modernist Party 20441 Jose Climaco Modernist Party 20231 Ismael Golez National Welfare Service Party National Welfare Service Party 17069 Dominador Santiago Modernist Party 16553 Casiano Rosales Modernist Party 14949 Carlos V. Tolosa Modernist Party 13527 Paul Versoza National Welfare Service Party National Welfare Service Party 12094 Godofredo Calub Modernist Party 11498 Jesus Infante Modernist Party 10487 Melchor D. Lagasca National Welfare Service Party National Welfare Service Party 10323 Felix E. Rey Modernist Party 9787 Rosendo Zaldarriaga Democratic Party 9656 Pasto Lavadia Nacionalista Party (Liberal Wing) 7864 Constancio P. Cecilio Modernist Party 7807 Marcelino Josue Modernist Party 4604 2569880 2569880 Per party The Nacionalistas originally won 7 seats. but an election protest unseated a Nacionalista senator in favor of a Liberal one in 1946. Up Before Won After +/− 300px Nacionalista Party (Liberal wing) 8634829 6 7 9 10 +3 Nacionalista Party 7455075 8 15 6 13 −2 Popular Front 1199138 0 0 1 1 New Laborite Party 505770 0 0 0 0 0 Modernist Party 333160 0 0 0 0 0 Nacionalista Party (independent) 47802 0 0 0 0 0 Democratic Alliance 44718 0 0 0 0 0 National Welfare Service Party 39486 0 0 0 0 0 Democratic (Osmeña) 9656 0 0 0 0 0 Vacancy 2 2 0 0 −2 16 24 16 24 0 2569880 2898604 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.ph Vote share #ddd 600px 410px LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 47.26 NP Nacionalista Party 40.81 PF Popular Front (Philippines) 6.56 Others gray 5.37 Senate seats #ddd 600px 410px LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 56.25 NP Nacionalista Party 37.50 PF Popular Front (Philippines) 6.25 Others gray 0.00 Defeated incumbents Rafael Martinez (Nacionalista) See also Commission on Elections 2nd Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines References External links The Philippine Presidency Project Official website of the Commission on Elections 1946 General election Category:April 1946 in Asia