1963 Philippine Senate election

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1963 Philippine Senate election
Flag of the Philippines.svg
  1961 November 12, 1963 1965  

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Ferdinand-Marcos-speech.jpg Eulogio Amang Rodriguez.jpg
Leader Ferdinand Marcos Eulogio Rodriguez
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Seats before8+2 GA 13+1 NCP
Seats after10+2 GA 11+1 NCP
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote22,794,31022,983,457
Percentage49.8%50.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.9%Increase2.svg 5.1%

Senate President before election

Ferdinand Marcos
Liberal

Elected Senate President

Ferdinand Marcos
Liberal

A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1963 in the Philippines. The 1963 elections were known as a midterm election as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Diosdado Macapagal's four-year term.

Contents

The Liberal Party won control of the chamber after having ten seats out of the 24-member Senate, as the 2-member Grand Alliance (the old Progressive Party) were caucusing with them, plus Alejandro Almendras of the Nacionalistas who personally supported Senate President Ferdinand Marcos.

Retiring incumbents

Nacionalista Party

  1. Oscar Ledesma

Results

The Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party each won four seats.

Nacionalistas Arturo Tolentino and Gil Puyat, and Liberal Ambrosio Padilla all defended their seats.

Five winners are neophyte senators. These are Juan Liwag, Gerardo Roxas and Tecla San Andres Ziga of the Liberal Party, and the Nacionalistas' José W. Diokno and Rodolfo Ganzon.

Incumbent Nacionalista senators Eulogio Balao, Roseller T. Lim and Cipriano Primcias Sr., and Rogelio de la Rosa of the Liberal Party all lost.

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Before election
Election resultNot up LP NP Not up
After election*++**

Key:

Per candidate

CandidatePartyVotes%
Gerardo Roxas Liberal Party 3,623,38546.98
Arturo Tolentino Nacionalista Party 3,570,61946.30
Jose W. Diokno Nacionalista Party 3,422,82844.38
Ambrosio Padilla Liberal Party 3,384,06443.88
Gil Puyat Nacionalista Party 3,024,99539.22
Tecla San Andres Ziga Liberal Party 3,014,68639.09
Rodolfo Ganzon Nacionalista Party 2,708,38535.12
Juan Liwag Liberal Party 2,704,22235.07
Roseller T. Lim Nacionalista Party 2,655,86634.44
Cesar Climaco Liberal Party 2,618,15233.95
Vicente L. Peralta Nacionalista Party 2,605,60533.79
Bartolome Cabangbang Nacionalista Party 2,572,83033.36
Manuel Cuenco Liberal Party 2,495,18032.35
Eulogio Balao Liberal Party 2,489,13332.28
Rogelio de la Rosa Liberal Party 2,465,48831.97
Cipriano Primicias Sr. Nacionalista Party 2,422,33431.41
Jacobo GonzalesIndependent29,4580.38
Ernesto BernalIndependent3,6630.05
Eulogio JamolinIndependent1,5770.02
Total45,812,470100.00
Total votes7,712,019
Registered voters/turnout9,691,12179.58

Per party

1963 Philippine Senate election results.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Nacionalista Party 22,983,46250.17+5.10613411−2
Liberal Party 22,794,31049.76+11.8828410+2
Independent34,6980.08−0.3500000
Progressive Party 02020
Nationalist Citizens' Party 01010
Total45,812,470100.008248240
Total votes7,712,019
Registered voters/turnout9,691,12179.58
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001).
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific
. OUP Oxford. ISBN   9780199249596.

& Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.
Vote share
NP
50.17%
LP
49.76%
Others
0.08%
Senate seats
NP
50.00%
LP
50.00%
Others
0.00%

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