The 1957 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 12, 1957. Incumbent President Carlos P. Garcia, who was a Vice President to Ramon Magsaysay, was elected for a full term as President of the Philippines. Garcia assumed the post following Magsaysay's death in a plane crash earlier that year. His running mate, Speaker Jose Laurel Jr., lost to Pampanga Representative Diosdado Macapagal. This was the first time in Philippine electoral history wherein a president was elected by a plurality rather than a majority, and in which the winning presidential and vice presidential candidates came from different parties.
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