1953 Philippine general election
# 1953 Philippine general election

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 10, 1953 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to former Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay. His running mate, Senator Jose Yulo lost to Senator Carlos P. Garcia. Vice President Fernando Lopez did not run for re-election. This was the first time that an elected president did not come from the Senate. This election also saw the involvement of the United States with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with agent Edward Lansdale running Magsaysay's campaign. Other candidates competed for CIA support too and many normal Filipinos were interested in what the United States citizens views were on it.

## Results

### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ramon Magsaysay | Nacionalista Party | 2,912,992 | 68.90 |
| | Elpidio Quirino | Liberal Party | 1,313,991 | 31.08 |
| | Gaudencio Bueno | Independent | 736 | 0.02 |
| Total | Total | Total | 4,227,719 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,227,719 | 97.71 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 98,987 | 2.29 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,326,706 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 5,603,231 | 77.22 |
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos |||||

### Vice-President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Carlos P. Garcia | Nacionalista Party | 2,515,265 | 62.90 |
| | José Yulo | Liberal Party | 1,483,802 | 37.10 |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,999,067 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,999,067 | 92.43 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 327,639 | 7.57 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,326,706 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 5,603,231 | 77.22 |
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos |||||

### Senate

e • d Summary of the November 10, 1953 Philippine Senate election result :

| Rank | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fernando López | | Democratic | 2,272,642 | 52.5% |
| 2 | Lorenzo Tañada | | NCP | 2,156,717 | 49.8% |
| 3 | Eulogio Rodriguez | | Nacionalista | 2,071,844 | 47.9% |
| 4 | Emmanuel Pelaez | | Nacionalista | 2,010,128 | 46.5% |
| 5 | Edmundo B. Cea | | Nacionalista | 1,961,705 | 45.3% |
| 6 | Mariano Jesús Cuenco | | Nacionalista | 1,853,247 | 42.8% |
| 7 | Alejo Mabanag | | Nacionalista | 1,846,190 | 42.7% |
| 8 | Ruperto Kangleon | | Democratic | 1,521,012 | 35.2% |
| 9 | Geronima Pecson | | Liberal | 1,349,163 | 31.2% |
| 10 | Camilo Osías | | Liberal | 1,324,567 | 30.6% |
| 11 | Jose Figueroa | | Liberal | 1,194,952 | 27.6% |
| 12 | Vicente Madrigal | | Liberal | 1,155,577 | 26.7% |
| 13 | José Avelino | | Liberal | 1,012,599 | 23.4% |
| 14 | Jacinto O. Borja | | Liberal | 968,841 | 22.4% |
| 15 | Salipada K. Pendatun | | Liberal | 945,755 | 21.9% |
| 16 | Pablo A. David | | Liberal | 909,790 | 21.0% |
| 17 | Felisberto Verano | | Nacionalista | 59,782 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Jose Maria Veloso | | Nacionalista | 10,270 | 0.2% |
| 19 | Alfredo Abcede | | Federal Party | 5,365 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Concepcion R. Lim de Planas | | independent politician | 4,439 | 0.1% |
| Total turnout | Total turnout | Total turnout | Total turnout | 4,326,706 | 77.2% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,634,585 | N/A |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 5,603,231 | 100.0% |
| Note: A total of 20 candidates ran for senator. | Note: A total of 20 candidates ran for senator. | Note: A total of 20 candidates ran for senator. | Note: A total of 20 candidates ran for senator. | Source: | Source: | Source: |

### House of Representatives

| | Nacionalista Party | 1,930,367 | 47.30 | +13.25 | 59 | +26 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Party | 1,624,571 | 39.81 | −24.32 | 31 | −29 |
| | Democratic Party | 342,889 | 8.40 | +8.29 | 11 | New |
| | Independent Nacionalista | 42,081 | 1.03 | New | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent Liberal | 25,927 | 0.64 | New | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Party | 3,155 | 0.08 | New | 0 | 0 |
| | New Young Philippines | 620 | 0.02 | New | 0 | 0 |
| | Republican | 431 | 0.01 | New | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | 111,160 | 2.72 | +1.30 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4,081,201 | 100.00 | – | 102 | +2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,081,201 | 94.33 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 245,495 | 5.67 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 4,326,696 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 5,603,231 | 77.22 | +9.83 | | |
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann and Teehankee |||||||

* 1 2 Two of the Democratic Party seats are on a joint Nacionalista–Democratic ticket.
