Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1953

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1953

November 10, 1953

All 102 seats in the House of Representatives 52 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Eugenio Pérez José Laurel, Jr. Party Liberal Nacionalista Leader's seat Pangasinan–2nd Batangas–3rd Last election 66 33 Seats won 59 31 Seat change 7 2 Popular vote 1,624,571 1,930,367 Percentage 39.81% 47.30% Swing 13.19% 13.25%

Speaker before election Eugenio Pérez Liberal Elected Speaker José Laurel, Jr. Nacionalista

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The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 10, 1953. 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.^[1] However, Ramon Magsaysay of the opposition Nacionalista Party was elected president, and several elected Liberal Party congressmen switched sides to the Nacionalistas which allowed José Laurel, Jr. to be elected as Speaker of the House.

The elected representatives will serve in the 3rd Congress from 1953 to 1957.

Results

 Summary of the November 10, 1953 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats won
		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	1,930,367	47.30%	13.25%	31	30.39%	2
	Liberal	1,624,571	39.81%	13.19%	59	57.84%	7
	Democratic	342,889	8.40%	8.29%	11	11.76%	11
	Independent Nacionalista	42,081	1.03%	1.03%	0	0.00%
	Independent Liberal	25,927	0.64%	0.64%	0	0.00%
	People's	3,155	0.08%	0.02%	0	0.00%
	New Young Philippines	620	0.02%	0.02%	0	0.00%
	Republican	431	0.01%	0.01%	0	0.00%
	Citizens'	0	0.00%	0.19%	0	0.98%
	Independent	111,160	8.40%	8.29%	1	0.98%
Totals		4,081,201	100.00%	--	102	100.00%	2
Source: Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

See also

• 3rd Congress of the Philippines

References

• The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6. 
• Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9. 
• Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

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