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
Seats before 10 seats 14 seats
Seats won 6 2
Seats after 15 seats 8 seats
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 4
Popular vote 12,241,929 10,114,453
Percentage 54.5% 45.0%
Senate President before election

José Avelino
Liberal

 Elected Senate President

José Avelino
Liberal

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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 were 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 held 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.

Retiring incumbents

Nacionalista Party
  1. Alauya Alonto
  2. Esteban dela Rama
  3. Pedro Hernaez
  4. Vicente Rama
  5. Proceso Sebastian

Results
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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
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 Lopez Liberal1,543,83047.3%
6.Camilo Osías Nacionalista1,512,19646.3%
7.Pablo Ángeles y David Liberal1,489,01445.6%
8.Carlos Tan1 Liberal1,480,30545.3%
9.Primitivo Lovina Liberal1,473,88845.2%
10.Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista1,346,17441.2%
11.Felixberto Serrano Nacionalista1,236,64937.9%
12.Jose Maria 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.Fabian R. Tenebro Liberal33,7850.15%
18.Fabian Abellera Liberal22,5230.10%
19.Ponciano AbordoYoung Philippines13,4410.06%
20.Hilario C. MoncadoModernist11,2610.05%
21.Manuel DikitModernist10,1360.04%
22.Rosendo Zaldarriaga Democratic9,0100.04%
23.Leonardo TenebroModernist7,8840.03%
24.Melchor LagascaGoodwill Party1,6410.01%
Total turnout3,264,42377.1%
Total votes22,474,462N/A
Registered voters4,233,528100.0%
Note: A total of 24 candidates ran for senator. Source:[2]
^1 Replaced by Eulogio Rodriguez as per decision of Senate Electoral Tribunal dated December 16, 1949.

Per party
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Liberal Party12,241,92954.47+6.76211615+4
Nacionalista Party10,114,45345.00+3.7861228−4
Young Philippines13,4410.06New00000
Goodwill Party1,6410.01New00000
Independent102,9980.46+0.2000000
Popular Front01010
Total22,474,462100.00–8248240
Total votes3,264,423–
Registered voters/turnout4,233,52877.11
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
LP
 
 54.47%
NP
 
 45.00%
Others
 
 0.53%
Senate seats
LP
 
 75.00%
NP
 
 25.00%
Others
 
 0.00%

Defeated incumbents

Nacionalista Party
  • Eulogio Rodriguez originally lost the election, but won an election protest and was seated in 1949.

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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