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1959 Philippine Senate election

16th Philippine senatorial election

16th Philippine senatorial election

FieldValue
election_name1959 Philippine Senate election
countryPhilippines
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election1957 Philippine Senate election
previous_year1957
next_election1961 Philippine Senate election
next_year1961
election_dateNovember 10, 1959
seats_for_election8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
majority_seats13
image1Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg
leader1Eulogio Rodriguez
party1Nacionalista Party
seats_before119 (4 up)
seats15
seats_after119
seat_change1
popular_vote115,426,288
percentage145.04
swing12.86
image2Senator Ferdinand E. Marcos.jpg
leader2Ferdinand Marcos
party2Liberal Party (Philippines)
seats_before22 (0 up)
seats22
seats_after24
seat_change22
popular_vote29,691,155
percentage228.29
swing23.82
image4[[File:Lorenzo Tanada portrait.jpg105px]]
leader4Lorenzo Tañada
party4Nationalist Citizens' Party
seats_before41 (1 up)
seats41
seats_after41
seat_change40
popular_vote42,029,200
percentage45.92
swing41.11
image5[[File:Sen. Raul Manglapus.jpg105px]]
leader5Raul Manglapus *(lost)*
party5Progressive Party (Philippines)
seats_before51 (1 up)
seats50
seats_after50
seat_change51
popular_vote57,059,564
percentage520.61
swing58.36
titleSenate President
before_electionEulogio Rodriguez
before_partyNacionalista Party
after_electionEulogio Rodriguez
after_partyNacionalista Party

A senatorial election was held on November 10, 1959 in the Philippines. The 1959 elections were known as the 1959 Philippine midterm elections as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Carlos P. Garcia's four-year term.

The Liberal Party continued chipping away from the Nacionalista Party's dominance in the Senate, winning two more seats, although the Nacionalistas still possessed 19 out of 24 seats in the chamber. The Grand Alliance (GA) coalition, formed between the Progressive Party of the Philippines (PPP) and defectors of the Nacionalista and Liberal parties, did not win any Senate seat despite being supported with an influence campaign by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency.

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 1953; 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

No incumbents retired on this election.

Mid-term vacancies

  1. Ruperto Kangleon (Democratic), died on February 28, 1958
  2. Alejo Mabanag (Nacionalista), appointed Secretary of Justice on July 14, 1959

Results

The Nacionalista Party won five seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two, and the Nationalist Citizens' Party won one.

Lorenzo Tañada of the Nationalist Citizens' Party and Nacionalistas Mariano Jesús Cuenco, Fernando Lopez, and Eulogio Rodriguez defended their Senate seats. Lopez was originally from the Democratic Party, and ran as a Nacionalista on this election.

The two winning Liberals are neophyte senators: Estanislao Fernandez and Ferdinand Marcos. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Nacionalistas Alejandro Almendras and Genaro Magsaysay.

Incumbent Nacionalista senators Edmundo B. Cea and Emmanuel Pelaez both lost.

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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

Per party

Defeated incumbents

  1. Edmundo B. Cea (Nacionalista) retired from politics
  2. Emmanuel Pelaez (Progressive) ran for Vice President of the Philippines in 1961 and won

References

References

  1. LardnerJr., George. (April 5, 1986). "Ex-CIA Agent Recalls Marcos' Rise to Power". [[The Washington Post]].
  2. (15 November 2001). "Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific".
  3. [[Julio Teehankee]]. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines". quezon.ph.
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