Elections for the "House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 8," 1949. Held on the same day as the presidential election, 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※
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| Liberal Party (Quirino wing) | 1,834,173 | 53.00 | +14.11 | 60 | +11 |
| Nacionalista Party | 1,178,402 | 34.05 | −11.73 | 33 | −2 |
| Liberal Party (Avelino wing) | 385,188 | 11.13 | New | 6 | New |
| Citizens' Party | 6,434 | 0.19 | New | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Party | 3,760 | 0.11 | New | 0 | 0 |
| People's Party | 3,423 | 0.10 | New | 0 | 0 |
| Collectivista Party | 193 | 0.01 | New | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Democrats | 52 | 0.00 | New | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 49,265 | 1.42 | −2.34 | 1 | −4 |
Total | 3,460,890 | 100.00 | – | 100 | +2 |
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Valid votes | 3,460,890 | 96.68 | +5.74 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 119,027 | 3.32 | −5.74 | |
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Total votes | 3,579,917 | 100.00 | – | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 5,135,814 | 69.70 | −18.96 | |
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Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann and Teehankee |
- ^ The Liberal Party was split into two wings: those who supported Quirino. Or the "Quirinitas"/the "Quirino wing", and those who supported Avelino or the "Avelinistas" or the "Avelino wing".
Vote share |
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LP (QW) |
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53.00% |
NP |
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34.05% |
LP (AW) |
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11.13% |
Others |
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2.82% |
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Seats |
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LP (QW) |
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60.00% |
NP |
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33.00% |
LP (AW) |
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6.00% |
Others |
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1.00% |
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Note※
- A. ^ The combined number of seats of the Liberal Party before it was divided into two factions.
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