Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1953

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November 10, 1953

1957 →

All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
52 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	LP	NP	DP
Leader	Eugenio Pérez	José Laurel, Jr.
Party	Liberal	Nacionalista	Democratic
Leader's seat	Pangasinan–2nd	Batangas–3rd
Last election	66 seats, 64.13%	33 seats, 34.05%	0 seat, 0.11%
Seats before	66	33	0
Seats won	59	31	11
Seat change	7	2	11
Popular vote	1,624,571	1,930,367	342,889
Percentage	39.81%	47.30%	8.40%
Swing	24.32%	13.25%	8.29%

Speaker before election

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

Elected Speaker

José Laurel, Jr.
Nacionalista

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

José Laurel, Jr.
Nacionalista

The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 10, 1953. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Elpidio Quirino's Liberal Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. However, Ramon Magsaysay of the opposition Nacionalista Party was elected president, and several elected Liberal Party congressmen switched sides to the Nacionalistas which allowed José Laurel, Jr. to be elected as Speaker of the House.

The elected representatives served in the 3rd Congress from 1953 to 1957.

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

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