1965 Philippine Senate election
1965 Philippine Senate election
A senatorial election was held on November 9, 1965 in the Philippines . The Nacionalista Party wrestled back control of the Senate ; originally a Liberal , Senate President Ferdinand Marcos defected to the Nacionalistas, became their presidential candidate and won this year's election .
After the election, the Senate emerged with 12 Liberals on one side, and 11 Nacionalistas and 1 Nationalist Citizens' Party caucusing with them on the other.
Electoral system
Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections , with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1959; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.
Retiring incumbents
Nacionalista Party
Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista ), ran for vice president and won Ferdinand Marcos (Nacionalista ), ran for president and won
Mid-term vacancies
Mariano Jesús Cuenco (Nacionalista ), died on February 25, 1964Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista ), died on December 9, 1964
Other incumbents running elsewhere
These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.
Gerardo Roxas (Liberal ), ran for vice president and lost
Results
The Nacionalista Party won five seats, the Liberal Party won two seats, and the Nationalist Citizens' Party (NCP) won one.
NCP's Lorenzo Tañada , and Nacionalistas Alejandro Almendras and Genaro Magsaysay all defended their seats.
Five winners are neophyte senators. These are Dominador Aytona , Eva Estrada Kalaw , and Wenceslao Lagumbay of the Nacionalistas, and Liberals Sergio Osmeña Jr. and Jovito Salonga .
Estanislao Fernandez of the Liberal Party lost his seat.
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Per candidate
Candidate Party Votes % Jovito Salonga Liberal Party 3,629,834 47.70 Alejandro Almendras Nacionalista Party 3,472,689 45.63 Genaro Magsaysay Nacionalista Party 3,463,459 45.51 Sergio Osmeña Jr. Liberal Party 3,234,966 42.51 Eva Estrada-Kalaw Nacionalista Party 3,190,700 41.93 Dominador Aytona Nacionalista Party 3,037,666 39.92 Lorenzo Tañada Nationalist Citizens' Party 3,014,618 39.61 Wenceslao Lagumbay Nacionalista Party 2,972,525 39.06 Cesar Climaco Liberal Party 2,968,958 39.01 Estanislao Fernandez Liberal Party 2,846,320 37.40 Constancio Castañeda Nacionalista Party 2,814,032 36.98 Ramon Bagatsing Liberal Party 2,774,621 36.46 Bartolome Cabangbang Nacionalista Party 2,668,431 35.06 Alejandro Roces Liberal Party 2,663,852 35.00 Ramon Diaz Liberal Party 2,620,073 34.43 Lucas Paredes Liberal Party 2,419,573 31.79 Vicente Araneta Party for Philippine Progress 500,795 6.58 Amelio Mutuc Independent 413,074 5.43 Jose Feria Party for Philippine Progress 335,119 4.40 Benjamin Gaston Party for Philippine Progress 149,057 1.96 Dionisio Ojeda Party for Philippine Progress 143,681 1.89 Magdaleno Estrada New Leaf Party 8,766 0.12 Epifanio Talania Partido ng Bansa 3,007 0.04 Vicente Baldovino Partido ng Bansa 1,945 0.03 German Carbonel Partido ng Bansa 1,830 0.02 Toribia S. Valino Partido ng Bansa 1,750 0.02 Jose Villavisa Partido ng Bansa 1,604 0.02 Teodoro Gosuico Sr. Partido ng Bansa 1,153 0.02 Genovevo Baynosa New Leaf Party 1,101 0.01 Leoncio Wico Pagdanganan Partido ng Bansa 113 0.00 Total 49,355,312 100.00 Total votes 7,610,051 – Registered voters/turnout 9,962,345 76.39
Per party
Party Votes % +/– Seats Up Before Won After +/− Liberal Party 23,158,197 46.92 −2.83 1 9 2 10 +1 Nacionalista Party 21,619,502 43.80 −6.36 4 10 5 11 +1 Nationalist Citizens' Party 3,014,618 6.11 New 1 1 1 1 0 Party for Philippine Progress 1,128,652 2.29 New 0 2 0 2 0 Partido ng Bansa 11,402 0.02 New 0 0 0 0 0 New Leaf Party 9,867 0.02 New 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 413,074 0.84 +0.76 0 0 0 0 0 Vacancy 2 2 0 0 −2 Total 49,355,312 100.00 – 8 24 8 24 0 Total votes 7,610,051 – Registered voters/turnout 9,962,345 76.39 Source: Dieter Nohlen ; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). ISBN 9780199249596 Julio Teehankee . "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF) . quezon.ph.
Vote share
LP
46.92%
NP
43.80%
NCP
6.11%
PPP
2.29%
Others
0.88%
Senate seats
LP
25.00%
NP
62.50%
NCP
12.50%
PPP
0.00%
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0.00%
Defeated incumbents
See also
References
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