1949 Philippine presidential election

1949 Philippine presidential election

← 1946 November 8, 1949 1953 →

Candidate Elpidio Quirino José P. Laurel José Avelino Party Liberal Nacionalista Liberal Running mate Fernando Lopez Manuel Briones Vicente 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

1949 Philippine vice presidential election

← 1946 November 8, 1949 1953 →

Candidate Fernando Lopez Manuel Briones Vicente Francisco Party Liberal Nacionalista Liberal Popular vote 1,741,302 1,184,215 444,550 Percentage 51.67% 35.14 13.19%

Vice President before election Vacant (Elpidio Quirino in previous election) Elected Vice President Fernando Lopez Liberal

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The 1949 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 8, 1949. 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^[1] of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling it the "dirty election".