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1953 Philippine Senate election

13th Philippine senatorial election

Field	Value
election_name	1953 Philippine Senate election
country	Philippines
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1951 Philippine Senate election
previous_year	1951
next_election	1955 Philippine Senate election
next_year	1955
seats_for_election	8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
election_date	November 10, 1953
image1	Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg
leader1	Eulogio Rodriguez
party1	Nacionalista Party
seats_before1	11 (3 up)
seats1	5
seats_after1	13
seat_change1	2
popular_vote1	9,813,166
percentage1	39.83
swing1	18.37
image2	Senator Quintín Paredes.jpg
leader2	Quintin Paredes
party2	Liberal Party (Philippines)
seats_before2	11 (3 up)
seats2	0
seats_after2	7
seat_change2	4
popular_vote2	8,861,244
percentage2	35.97
swing2	2.22
image4	Fernando Lopez Sr.jpg
leader4	Fernando Lopez
party4	Democratic Party (Philippines)
seats_before4	0
seats4	2
seats_after4	2
seat_change4	2
popular_vote4	3,793,654
percentage4	15.40
swing4	15.40
image5	Lorenzo Tanada portrait.jpg
leader5	Lorenzo Tañada
party5	Citizens' Party (Philippines)
seats_before5	1 (1 up)
seats5	1
seats_after5	1
seat_change5
popular_vote5	2,156,717
percentage5	8.75
swing5	8.75
title	Senate President
before_election	Jose Zulueta
before_party	Nacionalista Party
after_election	Eulogio Rodriguez
after_party	Nacionalista Party

13 seats needed for a majority

Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 10, 1953, in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino of the Liberal Party lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to former Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay of the Nacionalista Party. Quirino's running mate, Senator Jose Yulo lost to Senator Carlos P. Garcia. Vice President Fernando Lopez did not run for re-election and ran for the Senate instead, in which he emerged as the candidate with the most votes. This was the first time that an elected president did not come from the Senate. To further compound the Liberal Party's woes, they also failed to win any seats in the Senate in this election.

The Citizens' Party and the Democratic Party caucused with the Nacionalistas to provide them the majority in the Senate.

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 1947; 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

All senators whose seats were up contested the election.

Mid-term vacancy

Emiliano Tria Tirona (Liberal), died on April 8, 1952

Other changes

Claro M. Recto (Nacionalista) won an electoral protest against Senator Teodoro de Vera (Liberal) in the Senate Electoral Tribunal. Recto was seated on April 3, 1953.

Incumbents running elsewhere

These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.

Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista), ran for vice president and won

Results

The Nacionalista Party won five seats contested in the election, with the Democratic Party winning two, and the Citizens' Party winning one.

Nacionalista Eulogio Rodriguez and Lorenzo Tañada of the Citizens' Party both defended their Senate seats. The four Liberal senators whose seats were up in this election were defeated: Camilo Osias, Geronima Pecson, Pablo Ángeles David and Vicente Madrigal. Felixberto Verano, who won a special election in 1951, was the sole Nacionalista defeat.

Three winners are neophyte Nacionalista senators: Alejo Mabanag, Edmundo B. Cea and Emmanuel Pelaez.

Incumbent vice president and Democrat Fernando Lopez returned to the Senate after serving from 1947 to 1949. Mariano Jesús Cuenco, who was defeated in the last election, made a comeback in the Senate, this time under the banner of the Nacionalistas.

Senator Carlos P. Garcia of the Nacionalistas was elected vice president in concurrent elections; his seat will be vacant until 1955 when it would have been contested in a special election.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	13	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Before election	Election result	After election
Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	‡	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	‡	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	‡	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	‡	‡^	Nationalist Citizens' Party}}	‡	Nacionalista Party}}	‡	Nacionalista Party}}	‡	Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}
Not up	Nationalist Citizens' Party}}	CP	Democratic Party (Philippines)}}	DP	Nacionalista Party}}	NP	Not up
Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Nationalist Citizens' Party}}	√	Democratic Party (Philippines)}}	+	Democratic Party (Philippines)}}	+	Nacionalista Party}}	+	Nacionalista Party}}	+	Nacionalista Party}}	+	Nacionalista Party}}	*	Nacionalista Party}}	√	Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		^

‡ 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

The seat vacated by the death of Emiliano Tria Tirona in 1952 was disputed in this election.

The Nacionalistas originally had 14 seats entering the 3rd Congress, but the election of Senator Carlos P. Garcia to the vice presidency meant that his seat is vacant until 1955, when it was contested in a special election two years later.

Defeated incumbents

Pablo Ángeles David (Liberal), retired from politics
Vicente Madrigal (Liberal), retired from politics
Camilo Osias (Liberal), ran in 1955 and lost, ran in 1961 and won
Geronima Pecson (Liberal), ran in 1955 and lost
Felixberto Verano (Nacionalista), retired from politics

References

(15 November 2001). "Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific".
[[Julio Teehankee]]. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines". quezon.ph.

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