Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 12, 1957. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Carlos P. Garcia's Nacionalista Party, won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1]
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All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 52 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The elected representatives served in the 4th Congress from 1957 to 1961.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Nacionalista Party | 2,948,409 | 61.19 | +13.89 | 82 | +51 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,453,527 | 30.17 | −9.64 | 19 | −40 | |
| Nationalist Citizens' Party | 137,093 | 2.85 | New | 1 | New | |
| Progressive Party | 62,968 | 1.31 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Nacionalista | 51,729 | 1.07 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | 42,890 | 0.89 | −7.51 | 0 | −11 | |
| United Rural Community | 3,296 | 0.07 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Liberal | 2,802 | 0.06 | −0.58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lapiang Makabansa | 1,765 | 0.04 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government | 968 | 0.02 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Partido'y Makahirap | 524 | 0.01 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| National Patriotic Party | 12 | 0.00 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 112,537 | 2.34 | −0.38 | 0 | −1 | |
| Total | 4,818,520 | 100.00 | – | 102 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,818,520 | 94.33 | −0.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 289,562 | 5.67 | +0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 5,108,082 | 100.00 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,763,897 | 75.52 | −1.70 | |||
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3] | ||||||
See also
References
- Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
- Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. Philippine Historical Association. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
- Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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