1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections

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1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections
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  1965 November 14, 1967 1969  

5 of 108 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party Nacionalista Liberal Nacionalista (ind.)
Seats won500
Popular vote144,09333,42425,122
Percentage68.6815.93%11.97%

Five special elections (known as "by-elections" elsewhere) to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines, were held on November 14, 1967, along with the 1967 Philippine Senate election and the 1967 Philippine constitutional plebiscite. These were for vacancies in the 6th Congress of the Philippines; the winners were to serve the rest of the term, which had ended on December 30, 1969. Political parties were allowed to field multiple candidates per district; the Nacionalista Party won in all districts.

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These were the last special elections until the proclamation of martial law by president Ferdinand Marcos in 1972. The next such special elections are to be in 1993, or seven years after Marcos was overthrown after the People Power Revolution.

Electoral system

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

The following seats were up for election

In the cases of the special elections in Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental, it was due to the creation of these new provinces from the original Davao province. The congressman from the old Davao's at-large congressional district was free to choose which province he'd continue as an incumbent on. Lorenzo Sarmiento chose to continue at Davao del Norte, another newly created province, necessitating special elections in the other two provinces.

In South Cotabato, the law creating that province specified that the incumbent congressman of Cotabato's at-large congressional district (Salipada Pendatun) shall continue to serve as congressman of the original Cotabato province.

In Ilocos Norte, incumbent Antonio Raquiza was appointed Secretary of Public Works, while in Northern Samar, incumbent Eladio Balite died in office, leaving both seats vacant.

Special elections

PartyVotes%Seats
Nacionalista Party 144,09368.685
Liberal Party 33,42415.930
Nacionalista Party (independent) 25,12211.970
No party indicated530.030
Independent7,1113.390
Total209,803100.005

Davao del Sur

Davao del Sur was one of the provinces created from the division of the original Davao province.

The governor of undivided Davao province, Alejandro Almendras, supported Artemio Loyola, then switched his support to Vicente Duterte. [1] Duterte was then Secretary of General Services, had previously served as governor of Davao, and wanted to revive his political career, but was defeated by Loyola. Duterte died in 1968. [2]

1967 Davao del Sur's at-large congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Artemio Loyola Nacionalista Party 32,09656.09
Vicente Duterte Nacionalista Party (independent) 23,92241.81
Celestino Cortes Nacionalista Party (independent) 1,2002.10
Total57,218100.00
Majority8,17414.29
Nacionalista Party win (new seat)
Source: [3]

Davao Oriental

Davao Oriental was one of the provinces created from the division of the original Davao province.

1967 Davao Oriental's at-large congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Constancio Maglana Nacionalista Party 18,51278.83
Galileo Sibala Liberal Party 4,38518.67
Carlos IlustreNacionalista Party5872.50
Total23,484100.00
Majority14,12760.16
Nacionalista Party win (new seat)
Source: [3]

Ilocos Norte's 1st district

Incumbent Antonio Raquiza was appointed Secretary of Public Works on August 24, 1966. Ilocos Norte Provincial Board Member Roque Ablan Jr. was elected to replace Raquiza in the special election.

1967 Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Roque Ablan Jr. Nacionalista Party 23,50077.32
Perfecto Llacar Liberal Party 4,50114.81
Arturo Romero Liberal Party 2,3917.87
Total30,392100.00
Majority18,99962.51
Nacionalista Party gain from Liberal Party
Source: [3]

Northern Samar

Incumbent Eladio Balite died in office on August 24, 1967. Balite himself entered Congress by winning a special election in 1955 for Samar's 1st congressional district, which would later be Northern Samar.

1967 Northern Samar's at-large congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Eusebio Moore Nacionalista Party 18,06446.91
Raul Daza Nacionalista Party 12,11031.45
Macario Vicencio Liberal Party 8,09921.03
Jose Peña Nacionalista Party 2330.61
Total38,506100.00
Majority5,95415.46
Nacionalista Party gain from Liberal Party
Source: [3]

South Cotabato

South Cotabato was created from the division of the original Cotabato province.

1967 South Cotabato's at-large congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
James Chiongbian Nacionalista Party 22,96238.14
Hilario De Pedro Nacionalista Party 16,02926.62
Cornelio Falgui Liberal Party 14,04823.33
Rufino Malunjao Sr.Independent5,0038.31
Jesus QuintillianIndependent2,1083.50
Dominador Soriano [lower-alpha 1] 530.09
Mauro Tudio Liberal Party 00.00
Total60,203100.00
Majority6,93311.52
Nacionalista Party win (new seat)
Source: [3]
  1. Party affiliation not indicated in certificate of candidacy

Among the elections on this day, this district had the smallest margin, percentage-wise.

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