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
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate of the Philippines 13 seats needed for a majority
Leader José Avelino Carlos P. Garcia Party Liberal Nacionalista Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 10 seats 14 seats Seats won 7 1 Seats after 15 seats 8 seats Seat change 5 6 Popular vote 12,241,929 10,114,453 Percentage 54.5% 45.0% Swing 6.8 3.8
Senate President before election José Avelino Liberal Elected Senate President José Avelino Liberal

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 are 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 hold 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.

Results

Per candidate

Summary of the November 11, 1947 Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1.	Lorenzo Tañada		Liberal	1,570,390	48.1%
2.	Vicente Madrigal		Liberal	1,562,825	47.9%
3.	Geronima Pecson		Liberal	1,559,511	47.8%
4.	Emiliano Tria Tirona		Liberal	1,552,545	47.6%
5.	Fernando López		Liberal	1,543,830	47.3%
6.	Camilo Osías		Nacionalista	1,512,196	46.3%
7.	Pablo Angeles David		Liberal	1,489,014	45.6%
8.	Carlos Tan^1		Liberal	1,480,305	45.3%
9.	Primitivo Lovina		Liberal	1,473,888	45.2%
10.	Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr.		Nacionalista	1,346,174	41.2%
11.	Felixberto Serrano		Nacionalista	1,236,649	37.9%
12.	Jose Ma. Veloso		Nacionalista	1,225,347	37.5%
13.	Emilio Javier		Nacionalista	1,210,419	37.1%
14.	Sotero Cabahug		Nacionalista	1,209,598	37.1%
15.	Jesus Barrera		Nacionalista	1,201,329	36.8%
16.	Jose Imperial		Nacionalista	1,172,741	35.9%
17.	Hilario C. Moncado		Modernist
18.	Manuel Dikit		Modernist
19.	Melchor Lagasca		Modernist
20.	Rosendo Zaldarriaga		Democratic Party
21.	Leonardo Tenebro		Modernist
Total turnout				3,264,423	77.1%
Total votes				22,474,462	N/A
Registered voters				4,233,528	100.0%
Note: A total of 21 candidates ran for senator.				Source:[2]

^1 Replaced by Eulogio Rodriguez as per decision of Senate Electoral Tribunal dated December 16, 1949.

Per party

Party		Popular vote		Seats
		Total	%	Won	1946	End 1st	2nd		+/−
							Start	%
	Liberal	12,241,929	54.5%	7	0	10	16	66.7%	6
	Nacionalista	10,114,453	45.0%	1	0	14	7	29.2%	7
	Independent	102,998	0.5%	0	0	0	0	0.0%
	Young Philippines	13,441	0.1%	0	0	0	0	0.0%
	Goodwill Party	1,641	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.0%
	Popular Front	0	0.0%	0	1	1	1	0.0%
Totals		22,474,462	100.00%	8	24	24	24	100.0%

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 2nd Congress of the Philippines

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.

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections