Philippine presidential election, 1949

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November 8, 1949

1953 →


Nominee	Elpidio Quirino	José P. Laurel	José Avelino
Party	Liberal	Nacionalista	Liberal
Running mate	Fernando Lopez	Manuel Briones	Vicente J. Francisco
Popular vote	1,803,808	1,318,330	419,890
Percentage	50.93%	37.22%	11.85%

President before election

Elpidio Quirino
Liberal

Elected President

Elpidio Quirino
Liberal

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 8, 1949, in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948. His running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President. Despite factions created in the administration party, Quirino won a satisfactory vote from the public. It was the only time in Philippine history where the duly elected president, vice president and senators all came from the same party, the Liberal Party. Carlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. Gray, publisher of the Manila Evening News, accuse Quirino in their book The Magsaysay Story of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling it the "dirty election".

Final Official Congressional Canvass

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