Philippine general election, 1957

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 12, 1957 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Carlos P. Garcia won his opportunity to get a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Ramon Magsaysay in a plane crash in March 1957. His running mate, Senator Jose Laurel, Jr. lost to Pampanga Representative Diosdado Macapagal. This was the first time in Philippine electoral history where a president was elected by a plurality and not majority, and in which the president and vice president came from different parties.

Results

President

 Summary of the November 12, 1957 Philippine presidential election results

Candidates		Parties	Votes	%
	Carlos P. Garcia	Nacionalista Party (Nationalist Party)	2,072,257	41.28%
	José Yulo	Liberal Party	1,386,829	27.62%
	Manuel Manahan	Progressive Party	1,049,420	20.90%
	Claro M. Recto	Nationalist Citizens' Party	429,226	8.55%
	Antonio Quirino	Quirino wing of the Liberal Party	60,328	1.20%
	Valentin de los Santos	Lapiang Malaya (Freedom Movement)	21,674	0.43%
	Alfredo Abcede	Federal Party	470	0.01%
Total			5,020,204	100%
Valid votes			5,020,204	98.3%
Invalid votes			87,908	1.7%
Votes cast			5,108,112	75.5%
Registered voters			6,763,897

Vice-President

 Summary of the November 12, 1957 Philippine vice presidential election results

Candidate	Party		Results
			Votes	%
Diosdado Macapagal		Liberal	2,189,197	46.55%
José Laurel, Jr.		Nacionalista	1,783,012	37.91%
Vicente Araneta		Progressive	375,090	7.97%
Lorenzo Tañada		NCP	344,685	7.32%
Restituto Fresto		Lapiang Malaya	10,494	0.22%
Valid votes			4,702,478	92.1%
Invalid votes			405,634	7.9%
Votes cast			5,108,112	75.5%
Registered voters			6,763,897	100.00%

Senate

 Summary of the November 12, 1957 Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Party		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 P. Primicias, Sr.		Nacionalista	1,350,868	26.4%
9	Jose Locsin		Nacionalista	1,347,797	26.4%
10	Francisco 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	Eleuterio 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:

House of Representatives

 Summary of the November 12, 1957 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats won
		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	2,948,409	61.18%	13.88%	82	80.39%	51
	Liberal	1,453,527	30.16%	9.65%	19	18.63%	40
	NCP	137,993	2.86%	2.86%	1	0.98%	1
	Progressive	62,968	1.31%	1.31%	0	0.00%
	Independent Nacionalista	51,729	1.07%	0.04%	0	0.00%
	Democratic	42,890	0.89%	7.51%	0	0.00%	11
	United Rizal Community	3,296	0.07%	0.07%	0	0.00%
	Independent Liberal	2,802	0.06%	0.58%	0	0.00%
	Lapiang Makabansa	1,765	0.04%	0.04%	0	0.00%
	People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government	968	0.02%	0.02%	0	0.00%
	Partido'y Makahirap	524	0.01%	0.01%	0	0.00%
	National Patriotic	12	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%
	Independent	112,537	3.47%	0.39%	0	0.00%	1
Totals		4,819,450	100.00%	--	102	100.00%
Source:

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 4th Congress of the Philippines

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections