Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1957

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1957
Philippines
November 12, 1957

All 102 seats in the House of Representatives
52 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Daniel Romualdez Cornelio Villareal
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Leader's seat Leyte–4th Capiz–2nd
Last election 31 seats 59 seats
Seats won 82 19
Seat change Increase 51 Decrease 40
Popular vote 2,948,409 1,453,527
Percentage 61.18% 30.16%
Swing Increase 13.88% Decrease 9.65%

Speaker before election

Jose Laurel, Jr.
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Daniel Romualdez
Nacionalista

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The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 12, 1957. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Carlos P. Garcia's Nacionalista Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1]

The elected representatives will serve in the 4th Congress from 1957 to 1961.

Results

 Summary of the November 12, 1957 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats won
Total % Swing Total % +/
Nacionalista 2,948,409 61.18% Increase 13.88% 82 80.39% Increase 51
Liberal 1,453,527 30.16% Decrease 9.65% 19 18.63% Decrease 40
NCP 137,993 2.86% Increase 2.86% 1 0.98% Increase 1
Progressive 62,968 1.31% Increase 1.31% 0 0.00% Steady
Independent Nacionalista 51,729 1.07% Decrease 0.04% 0 0.00% Steady
Democratic 42,890 0.89% Decrease 7.51% 0 0.00% Decrease 11
United Rizal Community 3,296 0.07% Increase 0.07% 0 0.00% Steady
Independent Liberal 2,802 0.06% Decrease 0.58% 0 0.00% Steady
Lapiang Makabansa 1,765 0.04% Increase 0.04% 0 0.00% Steady
People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government 968 0.02% Increase 0.02% 0 0.00% Steady
Partido'y Makahirap 524 0.01% Increase 0.01% 0 0.00% Steady
National Patriotic 12 0.00% Increase 0.00% 0 0.00% Steady
Independent 112,537 3.47% Decrease 0.39% 0 0.00% Decrease 1
Totals 4,819,450 100.00% -- 102 100.00%  Steady
Source: Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-11. 

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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