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Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1957

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1957
Philippines
← 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
 
NP
Macapagal and Marcos 1963 SONA (cropped).jpg
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 Increase 51 Decrease 40
Popular vote 2,948,409 1,453,527
Percentage 61.19% 30.17%
Swing Increase 13.89% Decrease 9.64%

Speaker before election

José Laurel, Jr.
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Daniel Romualdez
Nacionalista


José Laurel, Jr.
Nacionalista

Daniel Romualdez
Nacionalista

The 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 majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.

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

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


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