Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 8, 1949. Held on the same day as the
presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pre ...
, the party of the incumbent president,
Elpidio Quirino's
Liberal Party, won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.
This will be the first time in what would be a pattern in which the party of the incumbent president wins the elections for the members of the House of Representatives.
The elected representatives served in the
2nd Congress from 1949 to 1953.
Results
Note
:A. The combined number of seats of the
Liberal Party before it was divided into two factions.
See also
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2nd Congress of the Philippines
The 2nd Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Ikalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas''), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from December 30, 1949, until December 8, 1953, during the second term of President Elpidio ...
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1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
1949 elections in the Philippines