1965 Philippine general election

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1965 Philippine general election
Flag of the Philippines.svg
  1961 November 9, 1965 1969  
  Ferdinand E Marcos (cropped).jpg Diosdado Macapagal photo.jpg Senator Raul Manglapus 1965.jpg
Candidate Ferdinand Marcos Diosdado Macapagal Raul Manglapus
Party Nacionalista Liberal Progressive
Running mate Fernando Lopez Gerry Roxas Manuel Manahan
Popular vote3,861,3243,187,752384,564
Percentage51.94%42.88%5.17%

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Election results per province/city.

President before election

Diosdado Macapagal
Liberal

Elected President

Ferdinand E. Marcos
Nacionalista

  1961
1969  
  Fernando Lopez Sr.jpg Gerry Roxas.jpg Manuel Manahan.jpg
Candidate Fernando Lopez Gerry Roxas Manuel Manahan
Party Nacionalista Liberal Progressive
Popular vote3,531,5503,504,826247,426
Percentage48.48%48.11%3.40%

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Election results per province/city.

Vice President before election

Emmanuel Pelaez
Nacionalista

Elected Vice President

Fernando Lopez
Nacionalista

Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg
  1961
1969  

All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
53 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Cornelio Villareal.jpg Rep. Jose B. Laurel Jr. (3rd Congress).jpg
Leader Cornelio Villareal José Laurel, Jr.
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Leader's seat Capiz–2nd Batangas–3rd
Last election29 seats, 33.71%74 seats, 61.02%
Seats won6138
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 32Decrease2.svg 36
Popular vote3,721,4603,028,224
Percentage51.3241.76
SwingIncrease2.svg 17.61Decrease2.svg 19.26

Speaker before election

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

Elected Speaker

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 9, 1965, in the Philippines. Incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to Senate President Ferdinand Marcos. His running mate, Senator Gerardo Roxas lost to former Vice President Fernando Lopez. Emmanuel Pelaez did not run for vice president. An unprecedented twelve candidates ran for president; however, nine of those were nuisance candidates.

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Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ferdinand Marcos Nacionalista Party 3,861,32451.94
Diosdado Macapagal Liberal Party 3,187,75242.88
Raul Manglapus Party for Philippine Progress 384,5645.17
Gaudencio BuenoNew Leaf Party1990.00
Aniceto A. HidalgoNew Leaf Party1560.00
Segundo BaldoviPartido ng Bansa1390.00
Nic V. GarcesPeople’s Progressive Democratic Party1300.00
German F. VillanuevaIndependent1060.00
Guillermo M. MercadoLaborer Party270.00
Antonio Nicolas Jr.Allied Party270.00
Blandino P. RuanIndependent60.00
Praxedes FloroIndependent10.00
Total7,434,431100.00
Valid votes7,434,43197.69
Invalid/blank votes175,6202.31
Total votes7,610,051100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos [1]

Vice-President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Fernando Lopez Nacionalista Party 3,531,55048.48
Gerry Roxas Liberal Party 3,504,82648.11
Manuel Manahan Party for Philippine Progress 247,4263.40
Gonzalo D. VasquezReformist Party of the Philippines6440.01
Severo CapalesNew Leaf Party1930.00
Eleodoro SalvadorPartido ng Bansa1720.00
Total7,284,811100.00
Valid votes7,284,81195.73
Invalid/blank votes325,2404.27
Total votes7,610,051100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos [2]

Senate

Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.

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Nacionalista Party

Liberal Party

Progressive Party

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Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
   Nacionalista Party
   Liberal Party
   Progressive Party
   Nationalist Citizens' Party
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

House of Representatives

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Liberal Party 3,721,46051.32+17.6161+32
Nacionalista Party 3,028,22441.76−19.2638−36
Liberal Party (independent) 107,0011.48+0.741New
Nacionalista Party (independent) 71,9550.99+0.361New
Party for Philippine Progress 41,9830.58+0.5800
Young Philippines12,4790.17New00
Republican Party850.00New00
Independent268,3273.70−0.083+2
Total7,251,514100.001040
Valid votes7,251,51495.29−0.12
Invalid/blank votes358,5374.71+0.12
Total votes7,610,051100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39−3.04
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann [3] and Teehankee [4]

Local plebiscites

Aside from the general election, local plebiscites were also held on this day. One was for the division of the province of Samar into three provinces, namely Eastern Samar, Northern Samar and Western Samar (renamed in 1969 as "Samar"). Six were for conversion of municipalities into cities, with two being renamed as well. All were carried, except for the cityhood of Batangas and renaming it to "Laurel City".

LocationPlebiscite questionForAgainstTotal
Total%Total%
Samar Division of Samar to three provinces 135,25989.42%16,00210.58%151,261
La Carlota, Negros Occidental Cityhood of La Carlota5,62273.96%1,97926.04%7,601
Bago, Negros Occidental Cityhood of Bago8,00282.38%1,71117.62%9,713
Laoag, Ilocos Norte Cityhood of Laoag7,83150.92%7,54949.08%15,380
San Carlos, Pangasinan Cityhood of San Carlos8,94166.26%4,55233.74%13,493
General Santos, Cotabato Cityhood and renaming to "Rajah Buayan"4,42259.05%3,06640.95%7,488
Batangas, Batangas Cityhood and renaming to "Laurel City"9,90141.35%14,04458.65%23,945

In Leyva vs. COMELEC, the Supreme Court reversed COMELEC's proclamation of the cityhood of Rajah Buayan being approved, as it ruled that its implementing law decreed that the majority of the votes must be taken into account all of the registered voters, and not just those who voted. As the votes for cityhood were less than the majority of all voters, the Rajah Buayan's cityhood was nullified, and it reverted back as the municipality of General Santos.

See also

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
    Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific
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  2. Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
    Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific
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  3. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
  4. Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 via quezon.ph.