Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1949

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1949
Philippines
November 8, 1949
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
51 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
LQ
NP
LA
Leader Eugenio Pérez José Laurel, Jr.
Party Liberal Nacionalista Liberal
Leader's seat Pangasinan–2nd Batangas–3rd
Last election 49 seats, 38.89% 35 seats, 45.78% 49 seats, 38.89%
Seats before 49A 35 49A
Seats won 66 33 6
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 2 Decrease 43
Popular vote 1,834,173 1,178,402 385,188
Percentage 53.00% 34.05% 11.13%
Swing Increase 14.11% Decrease 11.73% Decrease 27.76%
Speaker before election

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

 Elected Speaker

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

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The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 8, 1949. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Elpidio Quirino's Liberal Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.

This will be the first time in what would be a pattern in which the party of the incumbent president wins the elections for the members of the House of Representatives.[1]

The elected representatives served in the 2nd Congress from 1949 to 1953.

Results

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

 ↓
60 33 7
53.00% 34.05% 12.55%
Liberal (Quirino wing) Nacionalista Others
No seats won: 0.41% (white)
 Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Party Popular vote Seats won
Total % Swing Total % +/−
Liberal (Quirino wing) 1,834,173 53.00% Increase 14.11% 60 60.00% Increase 11
Nacionalista 1,178,402 34.05% Decrease 11.73% 33 33.00% Decrease 2
Liberal (Avelino wing) 385,188 11.13% Decrease 27.76% 6 6.00% Decrease 43
Citizens' 6,434 0.19% Increase 0.19% 0 0.00% Steady
Democratic 3,760 0.11% Increase 0.11% 0 0.00% Steady
People's 3,423 0.10% Increase 0.10% 0 0.00% Steady
Collectivista 193 0.01% Increase 0.01% 0 0.00% Steady
Christian Democrats 52 0.00% Increase 0.00% 0 0.00% Steady
Independent 49,265 1.42% Decrease 2.34% 1 1.00% Decrease 4
Total 3,460,890 100% 100 100% Increase 2
Total turnout 3,460,890 67.39%
Registered voters 5,135,814 100%
Sources: 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. 
& Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. 

Note

A. ^ The combined number of seats of the Liberal Party before it was divided into two factions.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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