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 untimely 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 (The John Day Company, 1956, updated - with an additional chapter on Magsaysay's death - re-edition by Pocket Books, Special Student Edition, SP-18, December 1957) of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling it the "dirty election".

Results

President

Final Official Congressional Canvass

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Elpidio Quirino	Liberal Party (Quirino Wing)	1,803,808	50.93%
Jose P. Laurel	Nacionalista Party	1,318,330	37.22%
Jose Avelino	Liberal Party (Avelino Wing)	419,890	11.85%

Vice-President

Final Official Congressional Canvass

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Fernando Lopez	Liberal Party (Quirino Wing)	1,341,284	52.19%
Manuel Briones	Nacionalista Party	1,184,215	46.08%
Vicente J. Francisco	Liberal Party (Avelino Wing)	44,510	1.73%

Philippine Senate Results

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• President of the Philippines
• 2nd Congress of the Philippines

External links

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections