1957 Philippine Senate election

1957 Philippine Senate election

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8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Eulogio Rodriguez Ambrosio Padilla Raul Manglapus (lost) Party Nacionalista Liberal Progressive Seats before 20 (6 up) 0 0 Seats won 6 2 0 Seats after 20 2 0 Seat change 2    Popular vote 13,271,831 8,898,218 3,393,935 Percentage 47.28 31.70 12.09 Swing 19.90 1.01 12.09   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Lorenzo Tañada Jose Zulueta Party NCP PVDMGG Seats before 2 (0 up) 1 (up) Seats won 0 0 Seats after 2 0 Seat change    1 Popular vote 1,949,972 346,585 Percentage 6.95 1.23 Swing 6.95 1.23
Senate President before election Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Elected Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista

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A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1957 in the Philippines. The Nacionalista Party, despite losing two seats to the Liberal Party still held the Senate with twenty seats. The Liberals who won were actor Rogelio de la Rosa and former basketball player Ambrosio Padilla.

Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1951; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.

1. Jose P. Laurel

1. Manuel Briones (NP, died on September 29, 1957)

These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.

1. Claro M. Recto (NCP), ran for president and lost
2. Lorenzo Tañada (NCP), ran for vice president and lost

The Nacionalista Party won six seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two.

Nacionalistas Roseller T. Lim, Cipriano Primcias Sr., and Gil Puyat defended their Senate seats

The two winning Liberals are neophyte senators: Ambrosio Padilla and Rogelio de la Rosa. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Nacionalistas Eulogio Balao, Oscar Ledesma, and Arturo Tolentino.

Incumbent Jose Zulueta left the Nacionalista Party for the People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government; he lost the election. Two Nacionalistas also lost: Francisco Afan Delgado and Jose Locsin.

Key:

• ‡ Seats up
• + Gained by a party from another party
• √ Held by the incumbent
• * Held by the same party with a new senator
• ^ Vacant

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	13,271,831	47.28	−19.90	6	20	6	20	+1
	Liberal Party	8,898,218	31.70	−1.01	0	0	2	2	+2
	Progressive Party	3,393,935	12.09	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party	1,949,972	6.95	New	0	2	0	2	0
	People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government	346,585	1.23	New	1	1	0	0	−1
	Lapiang Malaya	62,682	0.22	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Women's Party	14,725	0.05	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)	2,515	0.01	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	131,851	0.47	+0.45	0	0	0	0	0
Vacancy					1	1	0	0	−1
Total		28,072,314	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0
Total votes		5,108,112	–
Registered voters/turnout		6,763,897	75.52
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

• Francisco Afan Delgado (Nacionalista) appointed as permanent representative to the United Nations in 1958
• Jose Locsin (Nacionalista) appointed as chairman of the National Economic Council in 1958
• Jose Zulueta (PVDMGG) ran for governor of Iloilo in 1959 and won

• Commission on Elections
• 4th Congress of the Philippines

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections