1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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.

November 8, 1949

All 100 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
51 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	LQ		LA
Leader	Eugenio Pérez	Jose Laurel Jr.
Party	Liberal	Nacionalista	Liberal
Leader's seat	Pangasinan–2nd	Batangas–3rd
Last election	49 seats, 38.89%	35 seats, 45.78%	49 seats, 38.89%
Seats before	49^A	35	49^A
Seats won	66	33	6
Seat change	11	2	43
Popular vote	1,834,173	1,178,402	385,188
Percentage	53.00%	34.05%	11.13%
Swing	14.11%	11.73%	27.76%

Speaker before election

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

Elected Speaker

Eugenio Pérez
Liberal

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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.

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

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