Philippine general election, 1949

Infobox Election
election_name = Philippine general election, 1949
country = Philippines
type = presidential
ongoing = no
previous_election = Philippine general election, 1946
previous_year = 1946
next_election = Philippine general election, 1953
next_year = 1953
election_date = November 8, 1949

nominee1 = Elpidio Quirino
party1 = Liberal Party (Philippines)
running_mate1 = Fernando Lopez
popular_vote1 = 1,803,808
percentage1 = 50.93%

nominee2 = José P. Laurel
party2 = Nacionalista Party
running_mate2 = Manuel Briones
popular_vote2 = 1,318,330
percentage2 = 45.71%

nominee3 = José Avelino
party3 = Liberal Party (Philippines)
running_mate3 = Vicente J. Francisco
popular_vote3 = 419,890
percentage3 = 11.85%

title = President
before_election = Elpidio Quirino
after_election = Elpidio Quirino
before_party = Liberal Party (Philippines)
after_party = Liberal Party (Philippines)

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 8, 1949 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the untimely death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948. His running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President. 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

President

Final Official Congressional Canvass

Vice-President

Final Official Congressional Canvass

Philippine Senate Results

ee also

*Commission on Elections
*Politics of the Philippines
*Philippine elections
*President of the Philippines
*2nd Congress of the Philippines

External links

* [http://www.pangulo.ph/election_results.php The Philippine Presidency Project]
* [http://www.comelec.gov.ph Official website of the Commission on Elections]