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Election in the Philippines on 1953
Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 10, 1953 in the Philippines .[ 1] Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to former Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay . His running mate, Senator Jose Yulo lost to Senator Carlos P. Garcia . Vice President Fernando Lopez did not run for re-election. This was the first time that an elected president did not come from the Senate . This election also saw the involvement of the United States with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with agent Edward Lansdale running Magsaysay's campaign.[ 2] Other candidates competed for CIA support too and many normal Filipinos were interested in what the United States citizens views were on it.[ 3]
Candidate Party Votes % Ramon Magsaysay Nacionalista Party 2,912,992 68.90 Elpidio Quirino Liberal Party 1,313,991 31.08 Gaudencio Bueno Independent 736 0.02 Total 4,227,719 100.00 Valid votes 4,227,719 97.71 Invalid/blank votes 98,987 2.29 Total votes 4,326,706 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 5,603,231 77.22 Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[ 4]
Candidate Party Votes % Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista Party 2,515,265 62.90 José Yulo Liberal Party 1,483,802 37.10 Total 3,999,067 100.00 Valid votes 3,999,067 92.43 Invalid/blank votes 327,639 7.57 Total votes 4,326,706 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 5,603,231 77.22 Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[ 5]
Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box. Nacionalista Party Liberal Party Democratic Party Vacancy
Candidate Party Votes % Fernando Lopez Democratic Party 2,272,642 52.53 Lorenzo Tañada Citizens' Party 2,156,717 49.85 Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party 2,071,844 47.89 Emmanuel Pelaez Nacionalista Party 2,010,128 46.46 Edmundo B. Cea Nacionalista Party 1,961,705 45.34 Mariano Jesús Cuenco Nacionalista Party 1,853,247 42.83 Alejo R. Mabanag Nacionalista Party 1,846,190 42.67 Ruperto Kangleon Democratic Party 1,521,012 35.15 Geronima Pecson Liberal Party 1,349,163 31.18 Camilo Osías Liberal Party 1,324,567 30.61 Jose Figueroa Liberal Party 1,194,952 27.62 Vicente Madrigal Liberal Party 1,155,577 26.71 José Avelino Liberal Party 1,012,599 23.40 Jacinto O. Borja Liberal Party 968,841 22.39 Salipada Pendatun Liberal Party 945,755 21.86 Pablo Angeles y David Liberal Party 909,790 21.03 Felixberto Verano Nacionalista Party 59,782 1.38 Jose Maria Veloso Nacionalista Party 10,270 0.24 Alfredo Abcede Federal Party 5,365 0.12 Concepcion R. Lim de Planas Independent 4,439 0.10 Total 24,634,585 100.00 Total votes 4,326,706 – Registered voters/turnout 5,603,231 77.22
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Nacionalista Party 1,930,367 47.30 +13.25 59 +26 Liberal Party 1,624,571 39.81 −24.32 31 −29 Democratic Party 284,222 6.96 +6.85 9 New Democratic Party /Nacionalista Party 58,667 1.44 New 2 New Nacionalista Party (independent) 42,081 1.03 New 0 0 Liberal Party (independent) 25,927 0.64 New 0 0 People's Party 3,155 0.08 New 0 0 New Young Philippines 620 0.02 New 0 0 Republican Party 431 0.01 New 0 0 Independent 111,160 2.72 +1.30 1 0 Total 4,081,201 100.00 – 102 +2 Valid votes 4,081,201 94.33 −2.35 Invalid/blank votes 245,495 5.67 +2.35 Total votes 4,326,696 100.00 – Registered voters/turnout 5,603,231 77.22 +9.83 Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[ 6] and Teehankee[ 7]
^ Gosnell, Harold F. (1954). "An Interpretation of the Philippine Election of 1953" . American Political Science Review . 48 (4): 1128–1138. doi :10.2307/1951015 . ISSN 0003-0554 .
^ Tharoor, Ishaan (13 October 2016). "The long history of the U.S. interfering with elections elsewhere" . The Washington Post . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
^ Cullather, Nick (1994). Illusions of influence: the political economy of United States-Philippines relations, 1942–1960 . Stanford University Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-8047-2280-3 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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. .
^ 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.