1957 Philippine general election

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 12, 1957 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Carlos P. Garcia won his opportunity to get a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of late President Ramon Magsaysay in a plane crash in March 1957. His running mate, Batangas Representative Jose Laurel, Jr. lost to Pampanga Representative Diosdado Macapagal. This was the first time in Philippine electoral history where a president was elected by a plurality and not majority, and in which the president and vice president came from different parties.

1957 Philippine general election

← 1953 November 12, 1957 1961 →
Presidential election
← 1953 1961 →
Nominee Carlos P. Garcia José Yulo Party Nacionalista Liberal Running mate Jose Laurel Jr. Diosdado Macapagal Popular vote 2,072,257 1,386,829 Percentage 41.28% 27.62%   Nominee Manuel Manahan Claro M. Recto Party Progressive NCP Running mate Vicente Araneta Lorenzo Tañada Popular vote 1,049,420 429,226 Percentage 20.90% 8.55%
President before election Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista Elected President Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista
Vice presidential election
← 1953 1961 →
Candidate Diosdado Macapagal Jose Laurel Jr. Party Liberal Nacionalista Popular vote 2,189,197 1,783,012 Percentage 46.55% 37.92%   Nominee Vicente Araneta Lorenzo Tañada Party Progressive NCP Popular vote 375,090 344,685 Percentage 7.98% 7.33%
Vice President before election None Last held by: Carlos P. Garcia Nacionalista Elected Vice President Diosdado Macapagal Liberal
House elections
← 1953 November 12, 1957 1961 →
All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 52 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Daniel Romualdez Cornelio Villareal Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Leyte–4th Capiz–2nd Last election 31 seats, 47.30% 59 seats, 39.81% Seats won 82 19 Seat change 51 40 Popular vote 2,948,409 1,453,527 Percentage 61.19 30.17 Swing 13.89 9.64
Speaker before election José Laurel, Jr. Nacionalista Elected Speaker Daniel Romualdez Nacionalista

Results

President

Main article: 1957 Philippine presidential election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos P. Garcia	Nacionalista Party	2,072,257	41.28
	José Yulo	Liberal Party	1,386,829	27.62
	Manuel Manahan	Progressive Party	1,049,420	20.90
	Claro M. Recto	Nationalist Citizens' Party	429,226	8.55
	Antonio Quirino	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a]	60,328	1.20
	Valentin de los Santos	Lapiang Malaya	21,674	0.43
	Alfredo Abcede	Federal Party	470	0.01
Total			5,020,204	100.00
Valid votes			5,020,204	98.28
Invalid/blank votes			87,908	1.72
Total votes			5,108,112	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,763,897	75.52
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1]

1. Quirino ran under his own wing of the Liberal Party, while the rest of the party supported Yulo's candidacy.

Vice president

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Diosdado Macapagal	Liberal Party	2,189,197	46.55
	Jose Laurel Jr.	Nacionalista Party	1,783,012	37.92
	Vicente Araneta	Progressive Party	375,090	7.98
	Lorenzo Tañada	Nationalist Citizens' Party	344,685	7.33
	Restituto Fresto	Lapiang Malaya	10,494	0.22
Total			4,702,478	100.00
Valid votes			4,702,478	92.06
Invalid/blank votes			405,634	7.94
Total votes			5,108,112	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,763,897	75.52
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]

Senate

Main article: 1957 Philippine Senate election

Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
  Nacionalista Party
  Liberal Party
  Democratic Party
  Nationalist Citizens' Party

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gil Puyat	Nacionalista Party	2,189,909	42.87
	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista Party	1,982,708	38.81
	Eulogio Balao	Nacionalista Party	1,851,157	36.24
	Rogelio de la Rosa	Liberal Party	1,715,123	33.58
	Oscar Ledesma	Nacionalista Party	1,670,774	32.71
	Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal Party	1,636,202	32.03
	Roseller T. Lim	Nacionalista Party	1,558,322	30.51
	Cipriano Primicias Sr.	Nacionalista Party	1,350,868	26.45
	Jose Locsin	Nacionalista Party	1,347,797	26.39
	Francisco Afan Delgado	Nacionalista Party	1,320,296	25.85
	Osmundo Mondoñedo	Liberal Party	1,011,053	19.79
	Raul Manglapus	Progressive Party	1,005,595	19.69
	Narciso Pimentel Jr.	Liberal Party	1,004,944	19.67
	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal Party	997,562	19.53
	Juan Liwag	Liberal Party	918,785	17.99
	Consuelo Salazar-Perez	Liberal Party	844,950	16.54
	Marcos Calo	Liberal Party	769,599	15.07
	Pacita de los Reyes-Phillips	Nationalist Citizens' Party	641,716	12.56
	Terry Adevoso	Progressive Party	562,491	11.01
	Josefa Gonzales-Estrada	Progressive Party	423,319	8.29
	Antonio Maceda	Nationalist Citizens' Party	383,531	7.51
	Jaime Ferrer	Progressive Party	345,881	6.77
	Jose M. Hernandez	Progressive Party	339,909	6.65
	Fulvio Pelaez	Progressive Party	313,221	6.13
	Mario Bengzon	Nationalist Citizens' Party	265,859	5.20
	Jose Zulueta	People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government	213,465	4.18
	Norberto Romualdez Jr.	Progressive Party	210,822	4.13
	Rodrigo Perez Jr.	Progressive Party	192,697	3.77
	Cipriano Cid	Nationalist Citizens' Party	162,493	3.18
	Emilio Javier	Nationalist Citizens' Party	155,867	3.05
	Vicente Llanes	Nationalist Citizens' Party	124,744	2.44
	Manuel Abella	Nationalist Citizens' Party	116,509	2.28
	Gonzalo Vasquez	Nationalist Citizens' Party	99,253	1.94
	Severino Luna	Independent	59,690	1.17
	Remedios Magsaysay	Independent	59,000	1.16
	Atilano Cinco	People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government	48,863	0.96
	Vicente Rafael	People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government	47,883	0.94
	Miguel Pendon	People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government	24,458	0.48
	Felicidad Villanueva	Women's Party	14,725	0.29
	Antonia Lumibao	People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government	11,916	0.23
	Dominador Portugal	Lapiang Malaya	8,915	0.17
	Eulogio Duyan	Lapiang Malaya	8,434	0.17
	Romualdo Saclayan	Lapiang Malaya	8,235	0.16
	Deogracias Pedrosa	Lapiang Malaya	7,919	0.16
	Jose Villanueva	Lapiang Malaya	7,805	0.15
	Luis de Guzman	Lapiang Malaya	7,781	0.15
	Emmanuel Rey	Lapiang Malaya	7,123	0.14
	Teofilo Ramas	Lapiang Malaya	6,470	0.13
	Jose Canuto	Independent	6,147	0.12
	Arturo Samaniego	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)[a]	2,515	0.05
	Ciriaco de las Liagas	Independent	2,427	0.05
	Patricio Ceniza	Independent	2,119	0.04
	Gregorio Llanza	Independent	1,333	0.03
	Consuelo Fa Alvear	Independent	1,135	0.02
Total			28,072,314	100.00
Total votes			5,108,112	–
Registered voters/turnout			6,763,897	75.52

1. The supporters of Antonio Quirino in the Liberal Party ran candidates under the Quirino wing of that party.

House of Representatives

Main article: 1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Nacionalista Party	2,948,409	61.19	+13.89	82	+51
	Liberal Party	1,453,527	30.17	−9.64	19	−40
	Nationalist Citizens' Party	137,093	2.85	New	1	New
	Progressive Party	62,968	1.31	New	0	0
	Nacionalista Party (independent)	51,729	1.07	+0.04	0	0
	Democratic Party	42,890	0.89	−6.07	0	−9
	United Rural Community	3,296	0.07	New	0	0
	Liberal Party (independent)	2,802	0.06	−0.58	0	0
	Lapiang Makabansa	1,765	0.04	New	0	0
	People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government	968	0.02	New	0	0
	Partido'y Makahirap	524	0.01	New	0	0
	National Patriotic Party	12	0.00	New	0	0
	Independent	112,537	2.34	−0.38	0	−1
Total		4,818,520	100.00	–	102	0
Valid votes		4,818,520	94.33	−0.00
Invalid/blank votes		289,562	5.67	+0.00
Total votes		5,108,082	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		6,763,897	75.52	−1.70
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4]

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 4th Congress of the Philippines