11th Philippine House of Representatives elections
Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 12, 1957. Held on the same day as thepresidential election , the party of the incumbent president,Carlos P. Garcia 'sNacionalista Party , won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[ 1]
The elected representatives served in the4th Congress from 1957 to 1961.
The House of Representatives has at most 120 seats, 102 seats for this election, all voted viafirst-past-the-post insingle-member districts . Eachprovince is guaranteed at least onecongressional district , with more populous provinces divided into two or more districts.
Congress has the power ofredistricting three years after eachcensus .
No redistricting laws were passed by the3rd Congress .
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] [ 3]
Vote share NP
61.19% LP
30.17% NCP
2.85% Others
8.81%
Seats NP
80.39% LP
18.63% NCP
0.98% Others
0.00%
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