1965 Philippine Senate election

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1965 Philippine Senate election
Flag of the Philippines.svg
  1963 November 9, 1965 1967  

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Arturo Tolentino portrait.jpg Ambrosio Padilla.jpg Lorenzo Tanada portrait.jpg
Leader Arturo Tolentino Ambrosio Padilla Lorenzo Tañada
Party Nacionalista Liberal NCP
Seats before10 (4 up)9 (1 up)1 (1 up)
Seats won521
Seats after11101
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3Steady2.svg 0
Popular vote21,619,50223,158,1973,014,618
Percentage43.8046.926.11
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.36Decrease2.svg 2.83Increase2.svg 6.11

Senate President before election

Ferdinand Marcos
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Arturo Tolentino
Nacionalista

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.

Contents

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

  1. Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista), ran for vice president and won
  2. Ferdinand Marcos (Nacionalista), ran for president and won

Mid-term vacancies

  1. Mariano Jesús Cuenco (Nacionalista), died on February 25, 1964
  2. Eulogio 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.

  1. 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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Before election‡^‡^
Election resultNot up LP NCP NP Not up
After election*++**

Key:

Per candidate

CandidatePartyVotes%
Jovito Salonga Liberal Party 3,629,83447.70
Alejandro Almendras Nacionalista Party 3,472,68945.63
Genaro Magsaysay Nacionalista Party 3,463,45945.51
Sergio Osmeña Jr. Liberal Party 3,234,96642.51
Eva Estrada-Kalaw Nacionalista Party 3,190,70041.93
Dominador Aytona Nacionalista Party 3,037,66639.92
Lorenzo Tañada Nationalist Citizens' Party 3,014,61839.61
Wenceslao Lagumbay Nacionalista Party 2,972,52539.06
Cesar Climaco Liberal Party 2,968,95839.01
Estanislao Fernandez Liberal Party 2,846,32037.40
Constancio Castañeda Nacionalista Party 2,814,03236.98
Ramon Bagatsing Liberal Party 2,774,62136.46
Bartolome Cabangbang Nacionalista Party 2,668,43135.06
Alejandro Roces Liberal Party 2,663,85235.00
Ramon Diaz Liberal Party 2,620,07334.43
Lucas Paredes Liberal Party 2,419,57331.79
Vicente Araneta Party for Philippine Progress 500,7956.58
Amelio MutucIndependent413,0745.43
Jose Feria Party for Philippine Progress 335,1194.40
Benjamin Gaston Party for Philippine Progress 149,0571.96
Dionisio Ojeda Party for Philippine Progress 143,6811.89
Magdaleno EstradaNew Leaf Party8,7660.12
Epifanio TalaniaPartido ng Bansa3,0070.04
Vicente BaldovinoPartido ng Bansa1,9450.03
German CarbonelPartido ng Bansa1,8300.02
Toribia S. ValinoPartido ng Bansa1,7500.02
Jose VillavisaPartido ng Bansa1,6040.02
Teodoro Gosuico Sr.Partido ng Bansa1,1530.02
Genovevo BaynosaNew Leaf Party1,1010.01
Leoncio Wico PagdangananPartido ng Bansa1130.00
Total49,355,312100.00
Total votes7,610,051
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39

Per party

1965 Philippine Senate election results.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Liberal Party 23,158,19746.92−2.8319210+1
Nacionalista Party 21,619,50243.80−6.36410511+1
Nationalist Citizens' Party 3,014,6186.11New11110
Party for Philippine Progress 1,128,6522.29New02020
Partido ng Bansa11,4020.02New00000
New Leaf Party9,8670.02New00000
Independent413,0740.84+0.7600000
Vacancy2200−2
Total49,355,312100.008248240
Total votes7,610,051
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39
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
. 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%
Others
0.00%

Defeated incumbents

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