# 1957 Philippine Senate election

A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1957 in the Philippines. The Nacionalista Party, despite losing two seats to the Liberal Party still held the Senate with twenty seats. The Liberals who won were actor Rogelio de la Rosa and former basketball player Ambrosio Padilla.

## Electoral system

Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1951; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.

## Retiring incumbents

* Jose P. Laurel (Nacionalista), retired from politics

### Mid-term vacancies

* Manuel Briones (Nacionalista), died on September 29, 1957

### Incumbents running elsewhere

These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.
* Claro M. Recto (NCP), ran for president and lost
* Lorenzo Tañada (NCP), ran for vice president and lost

## Results

The Nacionalista Party won six seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two.
Nacionalistas Roseller T. Lim, Cipriano Primcias Sr., and Gil Puyat defended their Senate seats
The two winning Liberals are neophyte senators: Ambrosio Padilla and Rogelio de la Rosa. Also entering the Senate for the first time are Nacionalistas Eulogio Balao, Oscar Ledesma, and Arturo Tolentino.
Incumbent Jose Zulueta left the Nacionalista Party for the People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government; he lost the election. Two Nacionalistas also lost: Francisco Afan Delgado and Jose Locsin.
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Key:
* ‡ Seats up
* + Gained by a party from another party
* √ Held by the incumbent
* * Held by the same party with a new senator
* ^ Vacant

### Per candidate

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Gil Puyat | Nacionalista Party | 2,189,909 | 42.87 |
| | Arturo Tolentino | Nacionalista Party | 1,982,708 | 38.81 |
| | Eulogio Balao | Nacionalista Party | 1,851,157 | 36.24 |
| | Rogelio de la Rosa | Liberal Party | 1,715,123 | 33.58 |
| | Oscar Ledesma | Nacionalista Party | 1,670,774 | 32.71 |
| | Ambrosio Padilla | Liberal Party | 1,636,202 | 32.03 |
| | Roseller T. Lim | Nacionalista Party | 1,558,322 | 30.51 |
| | Cipriano Primicias Sr. | Nacionalista Party | 1,350,868 | 26.45 |
| | Jose Locsin | Nacionalista Party | 1,347,797 | 26.39 |
| | Francisco Afan Delgado | Nacionalista Party | 1,320,296 | 25.85 |
| | Osmundo Mondoñedo | Liberal Party | 1,011,053 | 19.79 |
| | Raul Manglapus | Progressive Party | 1,005,595 | 19.69 |
| | Narciso Pimentel Jr. | Liberal Party | 1,004,944 | 19.67 |
| | Estanislao Fernandez | Liberal Party | 997,562 | 19.53 |
| | Juan Liwag | Liberal Party | 918,785 | 17.99 |
| | Consuelo Salazar-Perez | Liberal Party | 844,950 | 16.54 |
| | Marcos Calo | Liberal Party | 769,599 | 15.07 |
| | Pacita de los Reyes-Phillips | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 641,716 | 12.56 |
| | Terry Adevoso | Progressive Party | 562,491 | 11.01 |
| | Josefa Gonzales-Estrada | Progressive Party | 423,319 | 8.29 |
| | Antonio Maceda | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 383,531 | 7.51 |
| | Jaime Ferrer | Progressive Party | 345,881 | 6.77 |
| | Jose M. Hernandez | Progressive Party | 339,909 | 6.65 |
| | Fulvio Pelaez | Progressive Party | 313,221 | 6.13 |
| | Mario Bengzon | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 265,859 | 5.20 |
| | Jose Zulueta | People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government | 213,465 | 4.18 |
| | Norberto Romualdez Jr. | Progressive Party | 210,822 | 4.13 |
| | Rodrigo Perez Jr. | Progressive Party | 192,697 | 3.77 |
| | Cipriano Cid | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 162,493 | 3.18 |
| | Emilio Javier | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 155,867 | 3.05 |
| | Vicente Llanes | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 124,744 | 2.44 |
| | Manuel Abella | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 116,509 | 2.28 |
| | Gonzalo Vasquez | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 99,253 | 1.94 |
| | Severino Luna | Independent | 59,690 | 1.17 |
| | Remedios Magsaysay | Independent | 59,000 | 1.16 |
| | Atilano Cinco | People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government | 48,863 | 0.96 |
| | Vicente Rafael | People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government | 47,883 | 0.94 |
| | Miguel Pendon | People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government | 24,458 | 0.48 |
| | Felicidad Villanueva | Women's Party | 14,725 | 0.29 |
| | Antonia Lumibao | People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government | 11,916 | 0.23 |
| | Dominador Portugal | Lapiang Malaya | 8,915 | 0.17 |
| | Eulogio Duyan | Lapiang Malaya | 8,434 | 0.17 |
| | Romualdo Saclayan | Lapiang Malaya | 8,235 | 0.16 |
| | Deogracias Pedrosa | Lapiang Malaya | 7,919 | 0.16 |
| | Jose Villanueva | Lapiang Malaya | 7,805 | 0.15 |
| | Luis de Guzman | Lapiang Malaya | 7,781 | 0.15 |
| | Emmanuel Rey | Lapiang Malaya | 7,123 | 0.14 |
| | Teofilo Ramas | Lapiang Malaya | 6,470 | 0.13 |
| | Jose Canuto | Independent | 6,147 | 0.12 |
| | Arturo Samaniego | Liberal Party (Quirino wing) | 2,515 | 0.05 |
| | Ciriaco de las Liagas | Independent | 2,427 | 0.05 |
| | Patricio Ceniza | Independent | 2,119 | 0.04 |
| | Gregorio Llanza | Independent | 1,333 | 0.03 |
| | Consuelo Fa Alvear | Independent | 1,135 | 0.02 |
| Total | Total | Total | 28,072,314 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,108,112 | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 6,763,897 | 75.52 |
* ↑ The supporters of Antonio Quirino in the Liberal Party ran candidates under the Quirino wing of that party.

### Per party

Seats :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Up | Before | Won | After | +/− |
| | Nacionalista Party | 13,271,831 | 47.28 | −19.90 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 20 | +1 |
| | Liberal Party | 8,898,218 | 31.70 | −1.01 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 |
| | Progressive Party | 3,393,935 | 12.09 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Nationalist Citizens' Party | 1,949,972 | 6.95 | New | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | People's (Veterans) Democratic Movement for Good Government | 346,585 | 1.23 | New | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −1 |
| | Lapiang Malaya | 62,682 | 0.22 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Women's Party | 14,725 | 0.05 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Liberal Party (Quirino wing) | 2,515 | 0.01 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | 131,851 | 0.47 | +0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancy | Vacancy | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −1 |
| Total | Total | 28,072,314 | 100.00 | – | 8 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 5,108,112 | – | | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 6,763,897 | 75.52 | | | | | | |
| Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. ||||||||||
Vote share
NP
47.28%
LP
31.70%
Others
21.02% :
Senate seats
NP
75.00%
LP
25.00%
Others
0.00% :

## Defeated incumbents

* Francisco Afan Delgado (Nacionalista), appointed as permanent representative to the United Nations in 1958
* Jose Locsin (Nacionalista), appointed as chairman of the National Economic Council in 1958
* Jose Zulueta (PVDMGG), ran for governor of Iloilo in 1959 and won