1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 12, 1957. Held on the same day as the presidential election , the party of the incumbent president, Carlos P. Garcia 's Nacionalista Party , won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1]
The elected representatives served in the 4th Congress from 1957 to 1961.
Results [ edit ]
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 Independent Nacionalista 51,729 1.07 +0.04 0 0 Democratic Party 42,890 0.89 −7.51 0 −11 United Rural Community 3,296 0.07 New 0 0 Independent Liberal 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[2] and Teehankee[3]
Vote share
NP
61.19%
LP
30.17%
NCP
2.85%
Others
8.81%
Seats
NP
80.39%
LP
18.63%
NCP
0.98%
Others
0.00%
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines . Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-24-6 .
Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years . Philippine Historical Association. ISBN 971-92245-0-9 .
Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF) . quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06 .