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1947 Philippine Senate election

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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
← 1946 November 11, 1947 (1947-11-11) 1949 →
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 11 (2 up) 12 (6 up)
Seats won 6 2
Seats after 15 8
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 4
Popular vote 12,288,616 10,114,453
Percentage 54.72 45.04
Swing Increase 7.46 Increase 4.23
Senate President before election

José Avelino
Liberal

Elected Senate President

José Avelino
Liberal

Electoral system

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Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1941, or the eight seats not contested in 1946; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.

Summary

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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

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Nacionalista Party

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  1. Alauya Alonto
  2. Esteban de la Rama
  3. Pedro Hernaez
  4. Vicente Rama
  5. Proceso Sebastian

Candidates

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Results

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The Liberal Party won seven of the eight seats up; the Nacionalista Party won the other seat.

Two incumbents, all Liberals, defended their seats: Vicente Madrigal and Emiliano Tria Tirona.

There were five neophyte senators, all Liberals: Pablo Ángeles y David, Fernando Lopez, Geronima Pecson, Lorenzo Tañada and Carlos Tan. Nacionalista Camilo Osías returns to the Senate, after last serving in 1929.

Eulogio Rodriguez of the Nacionalistas, was the sole incumbent defeated, but won an electoral protest against Tan and was seated in 1949.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Lorenzo TañadaLiberal Party1,570,39048.11
Vicente MadrigalLiberal Party1,562,82547.87
Geronima PecsonLiberal Party1,559,51147.77
Emiliano Tria TironaLiberal Party1,552,54547.56
Fernando LopezLiberal Party1,543,83047.29
Camilo OsíasNacionalista Party1,512,19646.32
Pablo Ángeles DavidLiberal Party1,489,01445.61
Carlos Tan[a]Liberal Party1,480,30545.35
Primitivo LovinaLiberal Party1,473,88845.15
Eulogio Rodriguez[a]Nacionalista Party1,346,17441.24
Felixberto SerranoNacionalista Party1,236,64937.88
Jose Maria VelosoNacionalista Party1,225,34737.54
Emilio JavierNacionalista Party1,210,41937.08
Sotero CabahugNacionalista Party1,209,59837.05
Jesus BarreraNacionalista Party1,201,32936.80
Jose ImperialNacionalista Party1,172,74135.92
Ponciano AbordoYoung Philippines13,4410.41
Hilario MoncadoModernist Party11,2610.34
Manuel DikitModernist Party10,1360.31
Rosendo ZaldarriagaDemocrat (Osmeña)9,0100.28
Leonardo TenebroModernist Party7,8840.24
Melchor LagascaGoodwill Party1,6410.05
Total22,400,134100.00
Total votes3,264,423–
Registered voters/turnout4,233,52877.11
  1. ^ a b Carlos Tan was later removed from office in favor of Eulogio Rodriguez who won an election protest.

Per party

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Liberal Party12,288,61654.72+7.46211615+4
Nacionalista Party10,114,45345.04+4.2361228−4
Modernist Party29,2810.13−1.6900000
Young Philippines13,4410.06New00000
Democrat (Osmeña)9,0100.04−0.0100000
Goodwill Party1,6410.01New00000
Popular Front01010
Total22,456,442100.00–8248240
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
 
 54.72%
NP
 
 45.04%
Others
 
 0.24%
Senate seats
LP
 
 75.00%
NP
 
 25.00%
Others
 
 0.00%

Defeated incumbents

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Philippine Electoral Almanac. The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office. 2013. p. 22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09.
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