1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1953 November 12, 1957 1961 →
All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 52 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Daniel Romualdez Cornelio Villareal Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Leyte–4th Capiz–2nd Last election 31 seats, 47.30% 59 seats, 39.81% Seats won 82 19 Seat change 51 40 Popular vote 2,948,409 1,453,527 Percentage 61.19 30.17 Swing 13.89 9.64
Speaker before election José Laurel, Jr. Nacionalista Elected Speaker Daniel Romualdez Nacionalista

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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]

The elected representatives served in the 4th Congress from 1957 to 1961.

The 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.

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]

• 4th Congress of the Philippines

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