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Led by former President Jose P. Laurel, Quirino’s chief adversary in the 1949 presidential polls, the NP swept all eight Senate seats in contention, the first total victory of the opposition in the Senate. So strong was the rejection of the Quirino administration in 1951 that even LP top honcho, Senate President Mariano Jesus Cuenco, lost his ...
- Mariano Jesús Cuenco (lost)
- 13
- Liberal
- 17
A senatorial election was held in the Philippines on November 13, 1951. The election was known as a midterm election as the date when elected candidates take office falls halfway through President Elpidio Quirino 's four-year term.
In a 1951 election, voters voted for eight senators for the first time and each voter had to write at most eight names for senator (writing the party's name would result in a spoiled vote).
14 hours ago · A new Senate president may then be elected and it may not be him again. Of the 25 who were elected Senate presidents, only three, Quezon, Roxas, and Marcos became president. Many have tried but ...
A senatorial election was held in the Philippines on November 13, 1951. The election was known as a midterm election as the date when elected candidates take office falls halfway through President Elpidio Quirino's four-year term. (en) dbo:affiliation: dbr:Nacionalista_Party; dbo:country: dbr:Philippines; dbo:firstLeader: dbr:Mariano_Jesús_Cuenco
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14 hours ago · The election of Senator Escudero, a 55-year-old UP-educated lawyer, and an NPC party man, marks a transition in the Senate, from relative independence to critical collaboration with the Palace. The first Philippine Senate president was Manuel L. Quezon who was later elected as the second president of the country.
