1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections
11th Philippine House of Representatives elections
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Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 12, 1957. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Carlos P. Garcia's Nacionalista Party, won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1]
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November 12, 1957
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The elected representatives served in the 4th Congress from 1957 to 1961.
Electoral system
The House of Representatives has at most 120 seats, 102 seats for this election, all voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province is guaranteed at least one congressional district, with more populous provinces divided into two or more districts.
Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.
Redistricting
No redistricting laws were passed by the 3rd Congress.
Results
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| 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] and Teehankee[3] | ||||||