1949 Philippine presidential election

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November 8, 1949

1953 →


Nominee	Elpidio Quirino	José P. Laurel	José Avelino
Party	Liberal	Nacionalista	Liberal
Running mate	Fernando Lopez	Manuel Briones	Vicente Francisco
Popular vote	1,803,808	1,318,330	419,890
Percentage	50.93%	37.22%	11.85%

President before election

Elpidio Quirino
Liberal

Elected President

Elpidio Quirino
Liberal

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The 1949 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 8, 1949. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the 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^[1] of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling it the "dirty election".

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Criticism of the election

The election was widely criticized as being corrupt,^[2] with violence and fraud taking place.^[3] Opponents of Quirino were either beaten up or murdered by his supporters or the police, and the election continues to be perceived as corrupt.^[4]

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Elpidio Quirino	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^[a]	1,803,808	50.93
	Jose P. Laurel	Nacionalista Party	1,318,320	37.22
	José Avelino	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^[a]	419,890	11.85
Total			3,542,018	100.00

Valid votes			3,542,018	98.94
Invalid/blank votes			37,899	1.06
Total votes			3,579,917	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,135,814	69.70
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos^[5]

^ ^a ^b The Liberal Party was split into two wings: those who supported Quirino or the "Quirinitas" or the "Quirino wing", and those who supported Avelino or the "Avelinistas" or the "Avelino wing".

Popular vote

Quirino			50.93%
Laurel			37.22%
Avelino			11.85%

Vice-President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fernando Lopez	Liberal Party (Quirino wing)^[a]	1,741,302	51.67
	Manuel Briones	Nacionalista Party	1,184,215	35.14
	Vicente Francisco	Liberal Party (Avelino wing)^[a]	444,550	13.19
Total			3,370,067	100.00

Valid votes			3,370,067	94.14
Invalid/blank votes			209,850	5.86
Total votes			3,579,917	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,135,814	69.70
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos^[6]

^ ^a ^b The Liberal Party was split into two wings: those who supported Elpidio Quirino or the "Quirinitas" or the "Quirino wing", and those who supported Jose Avelino or the "Avelinistas" or the "Avelino wing".

Popular vote

Lopez			51.67%
Briones			35.14%
Francisco			13.19%

References

^ "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)
^ Lana's dirty secrets Archived 2017-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Retrieved June 14, 2017
^ Hedman, Eva-Lotta & Side, John Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century: Colonial Legacies Retrieved June 14, 2017
^ Taylor, RH The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia Retrieved June 14, 2017
^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.
^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.

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Candidates in the 1949 Philippine presidential election

Liberal Party

President	Elpidio Quirino (won)
Vice President	Fernando Lopez (won)

Nacionalista Party

President	José P. Laurel
Vice President	Manuel Briones

Other third-party candidates

President	José Avelino
Vice President	Vicente Francisco

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