Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 10, 1953. Held on the same day as the
presidential election
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Elections by country
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, the party of the incumbent president,
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino ente ...
's
Liberal Party
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, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.
However,
Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automo ...
of the opposition
Nacionalista Party was elected president, and several elected Liberal Party congressmen defected to the Nacionalista Party, leading to
José Laurel, Jr. being elected
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The elected representatives served in the
3rd Congress from 1953 to 1957.
Results
Note
:A. The combined number of seats of the
Liberal Party
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after the two factions merged back together.
See also
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3rd Congress of the Philippines
The 3rd Congress of the Philippines ( Filipino: ''Ikatlong Kongreso ng Pilipinas''), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from January 25, 1954, until December 10, 1957, during the 39-month presidency of Ramon Mags ...
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1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ...
1953 elections in the Philippines