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1955 Philippine Senate election

14th Philippine senatorial election

Field	Value
election_name	1955 Philippine general election
country	Philippines
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1953 Philippine Senate election
previous_year	1953
next_election	1957 Philippine Senate election
next_year	1957
election_date	November 8, 1955
seats_for_election	8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate and 1 mid-term vacancy
majority_seats	13
image1	Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg
leader1	Eulogio Rodriguez
party1	Nacionalista Party
seats_before1	17 (3 up)
seats1	9
seats_after1	23
seat_change1	6
popular_vote1	18,422,368
percentage1	67.18
swing1	27.35
image2	Diosdado Macapagal photo.jpg
leader2	Diosdado Macapagal (lost)
party2	Liberal Party (Philippines)
seats_before2	4 (4 up)
seats2	0
seats_after2	0
seat_change2	4
popular_vote2	8,968,978
percentage2	32.71
swing2	3.26
title	Senate President
before_election	Eulogio Rodriguez
before_party	Nacionalista Party
after_election	Eulogio Rodriguez
after_party	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.

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	23	Before election	After election
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Not up	Nacionalista Party}}	NP	Not up
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‡ 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.

Defeated incumbents

Enrique Magalona (Liberal) retired from politics
Macario Peralta Jr. (Liberal) appointed Secretary of National Defense in 1962

References

(2013). "Philippine Electoral Almanac". The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office.
(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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