1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections
← 1949 November 10, 1953 1957 →
All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
52 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jose Laurel Jr. Eugenio Pérez Jose Roy
Party Nacionalista Liberal Democratic
Leader's seat Batangas–3rd Pangasinan–2nd Tarlac–1st
Last election 33 seats, 34.05% 60 seats, 53% 0 seats, 0.11%
Seats won 59 31 11
Seat change Increase 26 Decrease 29 Increase 11
Popular vote 1,930,367 1,624,571 342,889
Percentage 47.30% 39.81% 8.40%
Swing Increase 13.25% Decrease 24.32% Increase 8.29%
Speaker before election

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

Elected Speaker

Jose Laurel Jr.
Nacionalista

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Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 10, 1953. Held on the same day as the

José Laurel, Jr. being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives
.

The elected representatives served in the 3rd Congress from 1953 to 1957.

Results

Independent Liberal
25,9270.64New00
People's Party3,1550.08New00
New Young Philippines6200.02New00
Republican Party4310.01New00
Independent111,1602.72+1.3010
Total4,081,201100.00–102+2
Valid votes4,081,20194.33−2.35
Invalid/blank votes245,4955.67+2.35
Total votes4,326,696100.00–
Registered voters/turnout5,603,23177.22+9.83
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3]
  1. ^ a b Two of the Democratic Party seats are on a joint Nacionalista–Democratic ticket.
Vote share
NP
 
 47.30%
LP
 
 39.81%
DP
 
 8.40%
Others
 
 4.50%
Seats
NP
 
 57.84%
LP
 
 30.39%
DP
 
 10.78%
Others
 
 0.98%

See also

References

  1. Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original
    on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  2. ^ 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..
  3. 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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