Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 8, 1949 in the
Philippines
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While President
Elpidio Quirino
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won a full term as
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after the death of
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Manuel Roxas
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in 1948, and his running mate,
Senator Fernando Lopez
Fernando Hofileña Lopez Sr. (April 13, 1904May 26, 1993) was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential Lopez family of Iloilo, he served as vice president of the Philippines for three terms – under Elpidio Quirino (1949–1 ...
won as
Vice President
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, their
Liberal Party
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won all of the contested seats in the
Senate. Despite factions created in the administration party, Quirino won a satisfactory vote from the public.
It was the only time in Philippine history where the duly elected president, vice president and senators all came from the same party, the Liberal Party.
Carlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. Gray, publisher of the ''
Manila Evening News'', accuse Quirino in their book ''The Magsaysay Story'' (The John Day Company, 1956, updated - with an additional chapter on Magsaysay's death - re-edition by Pocket Books, Special Student Edition, SP-18, December 1957) of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling it the "dirty election".
Results
Key:
* ‡ Seats up
* *+Gained by a party from another party
* √ Held by the incumbent
* * Held by the same party with a new senator
*^ Vacancy
Per party
The Liberals originally had 19 seats entering the 2nd Congress, but the election of Senator
Fernando Lopez
Fernando Hofileña Lopez Sr. (April 13, 1904May 26, 1993) was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential Lopez family of Iloilo, he served as vice president of the Philippines for three terms – under Elpidio Quirino (1949–1 ...
to the vice presidency meant that his seat is vacant until 1951, when it was contested in a special election.
See also
*
Commission on Elections
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2nd Congress of the Philippines
References
External links
The Philippine Presidency ProjectOfficial website of the Commission on Elections
{{Philippine elections
1949
General election