Philippine Senate election, 1959

November 10, 1959

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Eulogio Rodriguez	Ferdinand Marcos
Party	Nacionalista	Liberal
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats before	20	2
Seats after	19	4
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	17,160,618	10,850,799
Percentage	50.1%	31.7%
Swing	2.9%	0.1%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Lorenzo Tañada	Raul Manglapus
Party	NCP	Progressive
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large (lost)
Seats before	1	0
Seats after	1	0
Seat change
Popular vote	2,029,200	3,163,609
Percentage	5.9%	9.2%
Swing	1.0%	2.8%

Senate President before election

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

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Senatorial elections were held on November 10, 1959. The 1959 elections were known as the 1959 Philippine midterm election 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 Nacionalista's still possess 19 out of 24 seats in the chamber.

Results

Per candidate

**Summary of the November 10, 1959 Philippine Senate election result**
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Ferdinand Marcos	Liberal	2,661,153	41.6%
2	Genaro Magsaysay	Nacionalista	2,457,218	38.4%
3	Fernando López	Nacionalista	2,366,166	37.0%
4	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal	2,071,865	32.4%
5	Mariano Jesús Cuenco	Nacionalista	2,046,842	32.0%
6	Eulogio Rodriguez	Nacionalista	2,037,682	31.9%
7	Lorenzo Tañada	NCP	2,029,200	31.7%
8	Alejandro Almendras	Nacionalista	1,857,782	29.1%

9	Edmundo Cea	Nacionalista	1,764,436	27.6%
10	Emmanuel Pelaez	Nacionalista	1,734,330	27.1%
11	Raul Manglapus	Progressive	1,651,097	25.8%
12	Juan Pajo	Nacionalista	1,623,637	25.4%
13	Manuel Manahan	Progressive	1,512,512	23.7%
14	Sofronio Quimson	Nacionalista	1,272,525	19.9%
15	Cornelio Villareal	Liberal	1,266,826	19.8%
16	Eleuterio Adevoso	Liberal	1,035,147	16.2%
17	Jacinto Borja	Liberal	1,021,281	16.0%
18	Jesus Vargas	Grand Alliance	1,001,981	15.7%
19	Esmeraldo Eco	Liberal	947,261	14.8%
20	Duma Sinsuat	Liberal	687,622	10.8%
21	Narciso Pimentel, Jr.	Grand Alliance	621,915	9.7%
22	Osmundo Mondoñedo	Grand Alliance	537,729	8.4%
23	Alfredo Abcede	Federal Party	27,383	0.4%
24	Valentin Festejo	Independent	3,263	0.1%
25	Gualberto Cruz	Independent	2,801	0.0%
26	Narciso Alegre	NP	2,596	0.0%
27	Emilio Alcutse Aninao	Independent	2,379	0.0%
28	Natalio Beltran	Cooperative Democratic Party	2,286	0.0%
29	Gregorio Llanza	Independent	1,727	0.0%
30	Consuelo Fa Alvear	Independent	1,268	0.0%
31	Isaac Eceta	Independent	1,209	0.0%
32	Chenchay Reyes Juta	Independent	1,048	0.0%
Total turnout			6,393,724	81.7%
Total votes			28,108,309	N/A
Registered voters			6,763,897	100.0%
Note: A total of 32 candidates ran for senator.			Source:^[1]

Per party

Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	17,160,618	51.4%	4.2%	5	19	19	79.2%
	Liberal	10,850,799	32.5%	0.7%	2	2	4	16.7%	2
	Progressive	3,163,609	9.5%	2.6%	0	0	0	0.0%
	NCP	2,029,200	6.1%	0.9%	1	0	1	4.2%	1
	Federal	27,383	0.1%	0.1%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Cooperative Democratic	2,286	0.0%	0.2%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Independent	1,015,676	3.0%	2.5%	0	0	0	0.0%
Totals		34,249,571	100%	—	8	24	24	100.0%

References

↑ Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann, ed. Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.

External links

Official website of the Commission on Elections

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