1965 Iloilo's 3rd congressional district special election

← 1961 November 9, 1965 1969 →
Iloilo's 3rd congressional district
Candidate Gloria Tabiana Domitilo Abordo Party Liberal Nacionalista Popular vote 30,761 24,156 Percentage 55.99 30.17
Representative before election Ramon Tabiana Liberal Representative-elect Gloria Tabiana Liberal

A special election was held for Iloilo's 3rd district seat to the House of Representatives of the Philippines on November 9, 1965. The erstwhile incumbent, Ramon Tabiana, died in office. The results of the general election held on November 9, 1965 then stood as the result for the special election as well, with the winner, Ramon's widow Gloria, sworn into office at the lame duck session of the outgoing 5th Congress, then served in the upcoming 6th Congress, as well.

All seats in the House of Representatives were elected from single member districts, under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Former Finance secretary Rufino Hechanova was sent by the Liberal Party to assess which among their politicians can win in this district. It was discovered that only Ramon Tabiana's widow Gloria could win there, and was proclaimed by President Diosdado Macapagal as their candidate without benefit of a political convention. Tabiana faced former representative Domitilo Abordo in the election, and won in seven out of the ten towns in the district.^[1]

Tabiana served in Congress until the declaration of martial law on September 23, 1972.