1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1946 November 8, 1949 1953 →
All 100 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 51 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eugenio Pérez Jose Laurel Jr. Party Liberal (Quirino wing) Nacionalista Liberal (Avelino wing) Leader's seat Pangasinan–2nd Batangas–3rd Last election 49 seats, 38.89% 35 seats, 45.78% New party Seats won 66 33 6 Seat change 11 2 6 Popular vote 1,834,173 1,178,402 385,188 Percentage 53.00 34.05 11.13 Swing 14.11 11.73 11.13
Speaker before election Eugenio Pérez Liberal Elected Speaker Eugenio Pérez Liberal

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Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 8, 1949. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Elpidio Quirino's Liberal Party, won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.

This will be the first time in what would be a pattern in which the party of the incumbent president wins the elections for the members of the House of Representatives.^[1]

The elected representatives served in the 2nd Congress from 1949 to 1953.