Philippine general election, 1949

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 8, 1949 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948. His running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President. Despite factions created in the administration party, Quirino won a satisfactory vote from the public. It was the only time in Philippine history where the duly elected president, vice president and senators all came from the same party, the Liberal Party.

Results

President

 Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine presidential election results

Candidates		Parties	Votes	%
	Elpidio Quirino	Quirino wing of the Liberal Party	1,803,808	50.93%
	José P. Laurel	Nacionalista Party (Nationalist Party)	1,318,330	37.22%
	José Avelino	Avelino wing of the Liberal Party	419,890	11.85%
Total			3,542,028	100%
Valid votes			3,542,028	98.9%
Invalid votes			37,899	1.1%
Votes cast			3,579,917	69.7%
Registered voters			5,135,814

Vice-President

 Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine vice presidential election results

Candidate	Party		Results
			Votes	%
Fernando López		Liberal (Quirino Wing)	1,341,284	52.19%
Manuel Briones		Nacionalista	1,184,215	46.08%
Vicente J. Francisco		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	44,510	1.73%
Valid votes			3,370,067	94.1%
Invalid votes			209,850	5.9%
Votes cast			3,579,917	69.7%
Registered voters			5,135,814	100.0%

Senate

 Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1.	Quintin Paredes		Liberal	1,756,898	49.1%
2.	Esteban R. Abada		Liberal	1,685,520	47.1%
3.	Lorenzo Sumulong		Liberal	1,615,124	45.1%
4.	Enrique B. Magalona		Liberal	1,577,083	44.1%
5.	Tomas Cabili		Liberal	1,575,075	44.0%
6.	Macario Peralta, Jr.		Liberal	1,566,376	43.8%
7.	Justiniano Montano		Liberal	1,515,569	42.3%
8.	Teodoro de Vera		Liberal	1,486,158	41.5%
9.	Claro M. Recto		Nacionalista	1,390,528	38.8%
10.	Alejo R. Mabanag		Nacionalista	1,150,818	32.1%
11.	Trinidad Legarda		Nacionalista	1,108,732	31.0%
12.	Jose O. Vera		Nacionalista	1,101,996	30.8%
13.	Jose Ma. Veloso		Nacionalista	1,069,817	29.9%
14.	Marcelo Adduru		Nacionalista	1,053,754	29.4%
15.	Pedro Hernaez		Nacionalista	1,025,342	28.6%
16.	Domocao Alonto		Nacionalista	999,581	27.9%
17.	Jose T. Nueno		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	391,394	10.9%
18.	Salipada Pendatun		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	374,340	10.5%
19.	Olegario Clarin		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	346,921	9.7%
20.	Filemon Sotto		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	343,823	9.6%
21.	Felicidad Manuel		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	340,781	9.5%
22.	Aurelio Intertas		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	293,630	8.2%
23.	Jose Tando		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	291,550	8.1%
24.	Apolonio Curato		Liberal (Avelino Wing)	267,073	7.5%
25.	Leonardo Tenebro		Independent
26.	Cesar Bulacan		Independent
Total turnout				3,579,917	69.7%
Total votes				24,336,652	N/A
Registered voters				5,135,814	100.0%
Note: A total of 27 candidates ran for senator.				Source:

^1 Replaced by Claro M. Recto as per decision of Senate Electoral Tribunal dated April 3, 1952.

House of Representatives

 Summary of the November 8, 1949 Philippine House of Representatives election results

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats won
		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Liberal	1,834,173	53.00%	15.15%	60	60.00%	11
	Nacionalista	1,178,402	34.05%	13.01%	33	33.00%	2
	Liberal (Avelino wing)	385,188	11.13%	11.13%	6	6.00%	6
	Citizens'	6,434	0.19%	0.19%	0	0.00%
	Democratic	3,760	0.11%	0.11%	0	0.00%
	People's	3,423	0.10%	0.10%	0	0.00%
	Collectivsta	193	0.01%	0.01%	0	0.00%
	Christian Democrats	52	0.10%	0.00%	0	0.00%
	Independent	49,265	1.42%	2.32%	1	1.00%	5
Totals		3,460,888	100.00%	--	100	100.00%	2
Source:

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 2nd Congress of the Philippines

External links

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