8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate and 1 mid-term vacancy 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Eulogio Rodriguez
Diosdado Macapagal (lost)
Party
Nacionalista
Liberal
Seats before
15
4
Seats after
21
0
Seat change
6
4
Popular vote
17,319,389
7,395,988
Percentage
67.6%
28.9%
Swing
27.7%
7.1%
Senate President before election
Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista
Elected Senate President
Eulogio Rodriguez
Nacionalista
A senatorial election in the Philippines was held on November 8, 1955. This was a midterm election, the date when the winners took office falling halfway through President Ramon Magsaysay's four-year term.
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