Philippine Senate election, 1955

Philippine general election, 1955

November 8, 1955

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate and 1 mid-term vacancy 13 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Eulogio Rodriguez	Fernando Lopez
Party	Nacionalista	Democratic
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats before	14	2
Seats after	21	2
Seat change	7
Popular vote	17,319,389	0
Percentage	67.6%	0.0%
Swing	27.7%	15.4%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Lorenzo Tañada	Diosdado Macapagal
Party	Citizens'	Liberal
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large (lost)
Seats before	1	7
Seats after	1	0
Seat change		7
Popular vote	0	7,395,988
Percentage	0.0%	28.9%
Swing	8.8%	7.1%

Senate President before election

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

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A senatorial election in the Philippines was held on November 8, 1955. This was a midterm election, the date when the winners took office falling halfway through President Ramon Magsaysay's four-year term.

Summary

Since Magsaysay was very popular midway through his term, there were 10 candidates who ran under the Nacionalista banner. His adoptive Nacionalista Party continued to grow in strength with the absorption of their erstwhile coalition partner, the Democratic Party; but a pillar of the NP could not hide his opposition to the president. Senator Claro M. Recto, one of those who actively sought the adoption of the former Defense Secretary into the NP fold in 1953, had grown critical of Magsaysay, calling him a “banana dictator” and “American puppet,” among other unflattering names. In retaliation, Magsaysay refused the inclusion of Recto into the NP Senate slate of 1955, prompting the Batangueño leader to seek support for his candidacy with the Liberals.

Though Lorenzo Tañada of the NCP had cooperated with the NP in 1953, Recto became the first “guest candidate” in Philippine electoral history, when he was included in the Liberal Party lineup but did not resign his membership as a Nacionalista. ^[1]

Special elections

There was a special election held for the vacant seat of Senator Carlos P. Garcia after he won as Vice President in 1953. Roseller T. Lim won and served the unexpired term of Garcia from 1955 to 1957.

Results

Per candidate

Summary of the November 8, 1955 Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Pacita Madrigal-Warns	Nacionalista	2,544,716	50.4%
2	Lorenzo Sumulong	Nacionalista	2,250,780	44.6%
3	Quintin Paredes	Nacionalista	2,171,415	43.0%
4	Francisco Soc Rodrigo	Nacionalista	2,132,094	42.2%
5	Pedro Sabido	Nacionalista	1,821,098	36.1%
6	Claro M. Recto	Nacionalista¹	1,716,984	34.0%
7	Domocao Alonto	Nacionalista	1,619,109	32.1%
8	Decoroso Rosales	Nacionalista	1,600,255	31.7%

9	Diosdado Macapagal	Liberal	1,454,200	28.8%
10	Juan Chioco	Nacionalista	1,452,693	28.8%
11	Camilo Osías	Liberal	1,388,137	27.5%
12	Geronima Pecson	Liberal	1,340,800	26.6%
13	Macario Peralta	Liberal	1,207,495	23.9%
14	Enrique B. Magalona	Liberal	1,086,054	21.5%
15	Pio Pedrosa	Liberal	919,302	18.2%
16	William Chiongbian	Liberal	884,077	17.5%
17	Alfredo Abcede	Federal Party	22,769	0.5%
18	Concepcion R. Lim de Plana	Nacionalista	10,245	0.2%
19	Vicente A. Rafael	Independent	4,551	0.1%
20	Filemon Blay	Independent	1,179	0.0%
21	Praxedes Floro	Independent	1,081	0.0%
Total turnout			5,046,488	77.8%
Total votes			25,629,034	N/A
Registered voters			6,487,061	100.0%
Note: A total of 21 candidates ran for senator.			Source:^[2]

^1 Liberal Party's guest candidate

Per party

Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	17,319,389	67.6%	27.7%	8	14	21	87.5%	7
	Liberal	8,861,244	28.9%	7.1%	0	7	0	0.0%	7
	Federal	906,846	3.5%	3.5%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Democratic	0	0.0%	15.4%	0	2	2	8.3%
	Citizens'	0	0.0%	8.8%	0	1	1	4.2%
	Independent	6,811	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Totals		25,629,034	100%	—	8	24	24	100.0%

Special election

For Garcia's vacated senate seat when he was elected vice president on 1953. Unlike the regular election, this is held under the first past the post system.

**Summary of the November 8, 1955 Senate special election result**
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1.	Roseller T. Lim	Nacionalista	1,102,979	61.4%
2.	Simeon Toribio	Liberal	688,913	38.4%
3.	Avelino P. Garcia	Independent	4,378	0.2%
Total valid votes			1,796,270	100.0%
Source: Commission on Elections

References

↑ Philippine Electoral Almanac. The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office. 2013. p. 28.
↑ 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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