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Presidential, legislative, and local elections were held on November 8, 1949 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948. His running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President. Despite factions created in the administration party, Quirino won a satisfactory vote from the public. It was the only time in Philippine history where the duly elected president, vice president and senators all came from the same party, the Liberal Party.

Results

President

Main article: 1949 Philippine presidential election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Elpidio QuirinoLiberal Party (Quirino wing)[a]1,803,80850.93
Jose P. LaurelNacionalista Party1,318,32037.22
José AvelinoLiberal Party (Avelino wing)[a]419,89011.85
Total3,542,018100.00
Valid votes3,542,01898.94
Invalid/blank votes37,8991.06
Total votes3,579,917100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,135,81469.70
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1]
  1. ^ a b The Liberal Party was split into two wings: those who supported Quirino or the "Quirinitas" or the "Quirino wing", and those who supported Avelino or the "Avelinistas" or the "Avelino wing".

Vice president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Fernando LopezLiberal Party (Quirino wing)[a]1,741,30251.67
Manuel BrionesNacionalista Party1,184,21535.14
Vicente FranciscoLiberal Party (Avelino wing)[a]444,55013.19
Total3,370,067100.00
Valid votes3,370,06794.14
Invalid/blank votes209,8505.86
Total votes3,579,917100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,135,81469.70
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]
  1. ^ a b The Liberal Party was split into two wings: those who supported Elpidio Quirino or the "Quirinitas" or the "Quirino wing", and those who supported Jose Avelino or the "Avelinistas" or the "Avelino wing".

Senate

Main article: 1949 Philippine Senate election
Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
  Liberal Party
  Nacionalista Party
  Popular Front
  Vacancy
e • d Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine Senate election result
Rank Candidate Party Votes %
1. Quintin Paredes Liberal 1,756,898 49.1%
2. Esteban R. Abada Liberal 1,685,520 47.1%
3. Lorenzo Sumulong Liberal 1,615,124 45.1%
4. Enrique B. Magalona Liberal 1,577,083 44.1%
5. Tomas Cabili Liberal 1,575,075 44.0%
6. Macario Peralta Jr. Liberal 1,566,376 43.8%
7. Justiniano Montano Liberal 1,515,569 42.3%
8. Teodoro de Vera1 Liberal 1,486,158 41.5%
9. Claro M. Recto Nacionalista 1,390,528 38.8%
10. Alejo R. Mabanag Nacionalista 1,150,818 32.1%
11. Trinidad Legarda Nacionalista 1,108,732 31.0%
12. Jose O. Vera Nacionalista 1,101,996 30.8%
13. Jose Maria Veloso Nacionalista 1,069,817 29.9%
14. Marcelo Adduru Nacionalista 1,053,754 29.4%
15. Pedro Hernaez Nacionalista 1,025,342 28.6%
16. Domocao Alonto Nacionalista 999,581 27.9%
17. Jose T. Nueno Liberal (Avelino Wing) 391,394 10.9%
18. Salipada Pendatun Liberal (Avelino Wing) 374,340 10.5%
19. Olegario Clarin Liberal (Avelino Wing) 346,921 9.7%
20. Filemon Sotto Liberal (Avelino Wing) 343,823 9.6%
21. Felicidad Manuel Liberal (Avelino Wing) 340,781 9.5%
22. Aurelio Intertas Liberal (Avelino Wing) 293,630 8.2%
23. Jose Tando Liberal (Avelino Wing) 291,550 8.1%
24. Apolonio Curato Liberal (Avelino Wing) 267,073 7.5%
25. Leonardo Tenebro Independent 4,592 0.02%
26. Cesar Bulacan Independent 1,531 0.01%
Total turnout 3,579,917 69.7%
Total votes 24,336,652 N/A
Registered voters 5,135,814 100.0%
Note: A total of 26 candidates ran for senator. Source:[3]
^1 Replaced by Claro M. Recto as per decision of Senate Electoral Tribunal dated April 3, 1952.

House of Representatives

Main article: 1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Liberal Party (Quirino wing)1,834,17353.00+14.1160+11
Nacionalista Party1,178,40234.05−11.7333−2
Liberal Party (Avelino wing)385,18811.13New6New
Citizens' Party6,4340.19New00
Democratic Party3,7600.11New00
People's Party3,4230.10New00
Collectivista Party1930.01New00
Christian Democrats520.00New00
Independent49,2651.42−2.341−4
Total3,460,890100.00–100+2
Total votes3,460,890–
Registered voters/turnout5,135,81467.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[4] and Teehankee[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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    .
  2. ^ 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    .
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
  5. ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.

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