1951 Philippine Senate election

Philippine general election, 1951

November 13, 1951
One-third of the Senate with Special Election and all Local positions
Majority party Minority party   File:NPlogo.jpg File:Liberal ph.png Party Nacionalista Liberal Last election 1 seat 7 seats Seats won 8 0 Seat change +7 -8

Senatorial elections and local elections were held on November 13, 1951. The 1951 elections were known as the 1951 Philippine midterm election as the election date falls half-way through President Elpidio Quirino's four-year term. After a sweep by the Liberals in 1949, many Filipinos doubted the election result. This brought a sweep by the Nacionalistas in the 1951 elections. There was a special election for the vacated senate seat of Fernando Lopez, who won as Vice President in 1949.

Results

Special election

To serve the unexpired term of Fernando Lopez until December 30, 1953.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Felixberto Verano	Nacionalista Party	873,457	47.69
	Cornelio Villareal	Liberal Party	609,303	33.27
	Prospero Sanidad	Liberal Party (Independent)	223,810	12.22
	Carlos Tan	Liberal Party (Independent)	124,975	6.82
Total			1,831,545	100.00
Valid votes			1,831,545	41.71
Invalid/blank votes			2,559,564	58.29
Total votes			4,391,109	–
Registered voters/turnout			4,754,307	92.36

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• Philippine midterm election
• 2nd Congress of the Philippines

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections