1947 Philippine Senate election

Elections for the Senate of the Philippines were held on November 11, 1947, with eight of the 24 seats in the Senate being contested. These eight seats were elected regularly; the winners were eligible to serve six-year terms from December 30, 1947 until December 30, 1953. Gubernatorial and local elections were held on the same date.

1947 Philippine Senate election

November 11, 1947 (1947-11-11)

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate of the Philippines
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader José Avelino Carlos P. Garcia
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large
Seats before 10 seats 14 seats
Seats won 7 1
Seats after 15 seats 8 seats
Seat change 5 6
Popular vote 12,241,929 10,114,453
Percentage 54.5% 45.0%
Swing 6.8 3.8

Senate President before election

José Avelino
Liberal

Elected Senate President

José Avelino
Liberal

Summary

Going into the 1947 election, the Senate consisted of nine Liberals, 14 Nacionalista, and one Popular Front (Vicente Y. Sotto). Of the seats up for election in 1947, all eight seats are held by Nacionalistas.

Senate President Jose Avelino, president of the Liberal Party, scored the opposition and said, "the Nacionalista Party of today is not the party of Quezon and Osmeña ... (it is) the party of Hukbalahaps and other dissident elements." In response, Nacionalista Party President Eulogio Rodriguez appealed for the voters to give the opposition a stronger mandate to fiscalize the administration, which they accused of being corrupt and incompetent.[1]

In the 1st Congress, the Liberals hold 14 seats in the Senate, thereby retaining control of the Senate. The Liberals total was reduced to 13 seats pursuant to the Senate Electoral Tribunal resolution in which Senator Carlos Tan (Liberal) was unseated and replaced by Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista) in 1949.

Geronima Pecson became the first woman to be elected in the Senate.

Results

Per candidate

Summary of the November 11, 1947 Philippine Senate election result
Rank Candidate Party Votes %
1.Lorenzo Tañada Liberal1,570,39048.1%
2.Vicente Madrigal Liberal1,562,82547.9%
3.Geronima Pecson Liberal1,559,51147.8%
4.Emiliano Tria Tirona Liberal1,552,54547.6%
5.Fernando López Liberal1,543,83047.3%
6.Camilo Osías Nacionalista1,512,19646.3%
7.Pablo Angeles David Liberal1,489,01445.6%
8.Carlos Tan1 Liberal1,480,30545.3%
9.Primitivo Lovina Liberal1,473,88845.2%
10.Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr. Nacionalista1,346,17441.2%
11.Felixberto Serrano Nacionalista1,236,64937.9%
12.Jose Ma. Veloso Nacionalista1,225,34737.5%
13.Emilio Javier Nacionalista1,210,41937.1%
14.Sotero Cabahug Nacionalista1,209,59837.1%
15.Jesus Barrera Nacionalista1,201,32936.8%
16.Jose Imperial Nacionalista1,172,74135.9%
17.Hilario C. MoncadoModernist
18.Manuel DikitModernist
19.Melchor LagascaModernist
20.Rosendo ZaldarriagaDemocratic Party
21.Leonardo TenebroModernist
Total turnout3,264,42377.1%
Total votes22,474,462N/A
Registered voters4,233,528100.0%
Note: A total of 21 candidates ran for senator. Source:[2]
^1 Replaced by Eulogio Rodriguez as per decision of Senate Electoral Tribunal dated December 16, 1949.

Per party

PartyPopular voteSeats
Total%Won1946End 1st2nd+/
Start%
Liberal 12,241,92954.5%70101666.7% 6
Nacionalista 10,114,45345.0%1014729.2% 7
Independent 102,9980.5%00000.0%
Young Philippines 13,4410.1%00000.0%
Goodwill Party 1,6410.0%00000.0%
Popular Front 00.0%01110.0%
Totals22,474,462100.00%8242424100.0%

See also

References

  1. Philippine Electoral Almanac. The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office. 2013. p. 22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09.
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann, ed. (2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0-19-924959-8.
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