1959 Philippine Senate election

1959 Philippine Senate election
November 10, 1959
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Eulogio Rodriguez Ferdinand Marcos
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Seats before 19 (4 up) 2 (0 up)
Seats won 5 2
Seats after 19 4
Seat change 2
Popular vote 15,426,288 9,691,155
Percentage 45.04 28.29
Swing 2.86 3.82
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Lorenzo Tañada Raul Manglapus (lost)
Party NCP Progressive
Seats before 1 (1 up) 1 (1 up)
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 1 0
Seat change 0 1
Popular vote 2,029,200 7,059,564
Percentage 5.92 20.61
Swing 1.11 8.36
Senate President before election

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista

A senatorial election was held on November 10, 1959 in the Philippines. The 1959 elections were known as the 1959 Philippine midterm elections as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Carlos P. Garcia's four-year term.

The Liberal Party continued chipping away from the Nacionalista Party's dominance in the Senate, winning two more seats, although the Nacionalistas still possessed 19 out of 24 seats in the chamber. The Grand Alliance (GA) coalition, formed between the Progressive Party of the Philippines (PPP) and defectors of the Nacionalista and Liberal parties, did not win any Senate seat despite being supported with an influence campaign by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency.

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