1957 Philippine Senate election

1957 Philippine Senate election
	November 12, 1957
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Eulogio Rodriguez; Nacionalista	Elected Senate President ; Eulogio Rodriguez; Nacionalista

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.

Retiring incumbents

Nacionalista Party

Incumbents running elsewhere

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.

Results

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	LP		NP						Not up
After election		+	+	*	*	*	√	√	√

Key:

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

Per candidate

Summary of the November 12, 1957, Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Gil Puyat	Nacionalista	2,189,909	42.9%
2	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista	1,982,708	38.8%
3	Eulogio Balao	Nacionalista	1,851,157	36.2%
4	Rogelio de la Rosa	Liberal	1,715,123	33.6%
5	Oscar Ledesma	Nacionalista	1,670,774	32.7%
6	Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal	1,636,202	32.0%
7	Roseller Lim	Nacionalista	1,558,322	30.5%
8	Cipriano Primicias Sr.	Nacionalista	1,350,868	26.4%

9	Jose Locsin	Nacionalista	1,347,797	26.4%
10	Francisco Afan Delgado	Nacionalista	1,320,296	25.8%
11	Osmundo Mondoñedo	Liberal	1,011,053	19.8%
12	Raul Manglapus	Progressive	1,005,595	19.7%
13	Narciso Pimentel Jr.	Liberal	1,004,944	19.7%
14	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal	997,562	19.5%
15	Juan Liwag	Liberal	918,785	18.0%
16	Consuelo Salazar-Perez	Liberal	844,950	16.5%
17	Marcos Calo	Liberal	769,599	15.1%
18	Pacita de los Reyes-Phillips	NCP	641,716	12.6%
19	Terry Adevoso	Progressive	562,491	11.0%
20	Josefa Gonzales-Estrada	Progressive	423,319	8.3%
21	Antonio Maceda	NCP	383,531	7.5%
22	Jaime Ferrer	Progressive	345,881	6.8%
23	Jose M. Hernandez	Progressive	339,909	6.7%
24	Fulvio Pelaez	Progressive	313,221	6.1%
25	Mario Bengzon	NCP	265,859	5.2%
26	Jose Zulueta	Philippine Veterans Party	213,465	4.2%
27	Norberto Romualdez Jr.	Progressive	210,822	4.1%
28	Rodrigo Perez Jr.	Progressive	192,697	3.8%
29	Cipriano Cid	NCP	162,493	3.2%
30	Emilio Javier	NCP	155,867	3.1%
31	Vicente Llanes	NCP	124,744	2.4%
32	Manuel Abella	NCP	116,509	2.3%
33	Gonzalo Vasquez	NCP	99,253	1.9%
34	Severino Luna	Independent	59,690	1.2%
35	Remedios Magsaysay	Independent	59,000	1.2%
36	Atilano Cinco	Philippine Veterans Party	48,863	1.0%
37	Vicente Rafael	Philippine Veterans Party	47,883	0.9%
38	Miguel Pendon	Philippine Veterans Party	24,458	0.5%
39	Felicidad Villanueva	Women's Party	14,725	0.3%
40	Antonia Lumibao	Philippine Veterans Party	11,916	0.2%
41	Dominador Portugal	Lapiang Malaya	8,915	0.2%
42	Eulogio Duyan	Lapiang Malaya	8,434	0.2%
43	Romualdo Saclayan	Lapiang Malaya	8,235	0.2%
44	Deogracias Pedrosa	Lapiang Malaya	7,919	0.2%
45	Jose Villanueva	Lapiang Malaya	7,805	0.2%
46	Luis de Guzman	Lapiang Malaya	7,781	0.2%
47	Emmanuel Rey	Lapiang Malaya	7,123	0.1%
48	Teofilo Ramas	Lapiang Malaya	6,470	0.1%
49	Jose Canuto	Independent	6,147	0.1%
50	Arturo Samaniego	Liberal (Quirino Wing)	2,515	0.0%
51	Ciriaco de las Liagas	Independent	2,427	0.0%
52	Patricio Ceniza	Independent	2,119	0.0%
53	Gregorio Llanza	Independent	1,333	0.0%
54	Consuelo Fa Alvear	Independent	1,135	0.0%
Total turnout			5,108,112	75.5%
Total votes			28,108,309	N/A
Registered voters			6,763,897	100.0%
Note: A total of 54 candidates ran for senator.			Source:[1]

Per party



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	13,273,945	47.22	−16.70	7	22	6	21	−1
	Liberal Party	8,934,218	31.78	−0.93	0	0	2	2	+2
	Progressive Party	3,393,935	12.07	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party	1,949,972	6.94	New	0	1	0	1	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
	Independent	132,247	0.47	+0.44	0	0	0	0	0
Total		28,108,309	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.

Vote share

NP			47.22%
LP			31.78%
PPP			12.07%
NCP			6.94%
Others			1.97%

Senate seats

NP			75.00%
LP			25.00%
PPP			0.00%
NCP			0.00%
Others			0.00%

References

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.

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[1] 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.

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