1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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.

November 12, 1957

All 102 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
52 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party
	NP
Leader	Daniel Romualdez	Cornelio Villareal
Party	Nacionalista	Liberal
Leader's seat	Leyte–4th	Capiz–2nd
Last election	31 seats, 47.30%	59 seats, 39.81%
Seats won	82	19
Seat change	51	40
Popular vote	2,948,409	1,453,527
Percentage	61.19%	30.17%
Swing	13.89%	9.64%

Speaker before election

José Laurel, Jr.
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Daniel Romualdez
Nacionalista

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The elected representatives served in the 4th Congress from 1957 to 1961.

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