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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The elected representatives served in the 4th Congress from 1957 to 1961.
Electoral system
editThe House of Representatives has at most 120 seats, 102 seats for this election, all voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province is guaranteed at least one congressional district, with more populous provinces divided into two or more districts.
Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.
Redistricting
editNo redistricting laws were passed by the 3rd Congress.
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 | |
| Nacionalista Party (independent) | 51,729 | 1.07 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | 42,890 | 0.89 | −6.07 | 0 | −9 | |
| United Rural Community | 3,296 | 0.07 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Party (independent) | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
- ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.
- 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.