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1957 Philippine Senate election

15th Philippine senatorial election

15th Philippine senatorial election

FieldValue
election_name1957 Philippine Senate election
countryPhilippines
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election1955 Philippine Senate election
previous_year1955
next_election1959 Philippine Senate election
next_year1959
election_dateNovember 12, 1957
seats_for_election8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
majority_seats13
image1Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg
leader1Eulogio Rodriguez
party1Nacionalista Party
seats_before120 (6 up)
seats16
seats_after120
seat_change1
popular_vote113,271,831
percentage147.28
swing119.90
image2Ambrosio Padilla.jpg
leader2Ambrosio Padilla
party2Liberal Party (Philippines)
seats_before20
seats22
seats_after22
seat_change22
popular_vote28,898,218
percentage231.70
swing21.01
image3Sen. Raul Manglapus.jpg
leader3Raul Manglapus *(lost)*
party3Progressive Party (Philippines)
seats_before30
seats30
seats_after30
seat_change3
popular_vote33,393,935
percentage312.09
swing312.09
image4Lorenzo Tanada portrait.jpg
leader4Lorenzo Tañada
party4Nationalist Citizens' Party
seats_before42 (0 up)
seats40
seats_after42
seat_change4
popular_vote41,949,972
percentage46.95
swing46.95
image5Jose Zulueta portrait.jpg
leader5Jose Zulueta
party5PVDMGG
seats_before51 (up)
seats50
seats_after50
seat_change51
popular_vote5346,585
percentage51.23
swing51.23
titleSenate President
before_electionEulogio Rodriguez
before_partyNacionalista Party
after_electionEulogio Rodriguez
after_partyNacionalista Party

A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1957 in the Philippines. The Nacionalista Party, despite losing two seats to the Liberal Party still held the Senate with twenty seats. The Liberals who won were actor Rogelio de la Rosa and former basketball player Ambrosio Padilla.

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 1951; 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

  1. Jose P. Laurel (Nacionalista), retired from politics

Mid-term vacancies

  1. Manuel Briones (Nacionalista), died on September 29, 1957

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.

  1. Claro M. Recto (NCP), ran for president and lost
  2. Lorenzo Tañada (NCP), ran for vice president and lost

Results

The Nacionalista Party won six seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two.

Nacionalistas Roseller T. Lim, Cipriano Primcias Sr., and Gil Puyat defended their Senate seats

The two winning Liberals are neophyte senators: Ambrosio Padilla and Rogelio de la Rosa. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Nacionalistas Eulogio Balao, Oscar Ledesma, and Arturo Tolentino.

Incumbent Jose Zulueta left the Nacionalista Party for the People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government; he lost the election. Two Nacionalistas also lost: Francisco Afan Delgado and Jose Locsin.

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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
  • ^ Vacant

Per candidate

Per party

Defeated incumbents

  1. Francisco Afan Delgado (Nacionalista), appointed as permanent representative to the United Nations in 1958
  2. Jose Locsin (Nacionalista), appointed as chairman of the National Economic Council in 1958
  3. Jose Zulueta (PVDMGG), ran for governor of Iloilo in 1959 and won

References

References

  1. (15 November 2001). "Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific". OUP Oxford.
  2. [[Julio Teehankee]]. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines". quezon.ph.
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