1967 Philippine Senate election

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1967 Philippine Senate election
Flag of the Philippines.svg
  1965 November 14, 1967 1969  

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Gil Puyat photo.jpg Ambrosio Padilla.jpg No avatar.png
Leader Gil Puyat Ambrosio Padilla Magnolia Antonino
Party Nacionalista Liberal Nacionalista (ind.)
Seats before11 (2 up)11 (5 up)0
Seats won611
Seats after1571
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote27,237,42418,094,2843,466,676
Percentage55.7537.047.10
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.95Decrease2.svg 9.89Increase2.svg 7.10

Senate President before election

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1967, in the Philippines. The 1967 election for the members of the Philippine Senate were also known as the 1967 midterm election, as the date where the elected candidates take office falls halfway through President Ferdinand Marcos' four-year term. The administration Nacionalista Party won seven seats in the Philippine Senate while the Liberal Party won one seat; the Nacionalistas got the majority in the Senate after having twelve of the 24 seats in the Senate prior to the election.

Contents

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 1961; 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

Liberal Party

Both were originally elected under the Progressive Party banner in 1961.

  1. Manuel Manahan
  2. Raul Manglapus

Nacionalista Party

  1. Lorenzo Sumulong

Mid-term vacancies

  1. Gaudencio Antonino (Nacionalista), died on November 13, 1967

Results

The Nacionalista Party won seven seats, while the Liberal Party won one.

Jose Roy of the Nacionalistas garnered the highest number of votes and was the sole incumbent to defend his seat.

Six winners are neophyte senators. These are the Nacionalistas' Helena Benitez, Salvador Laurel and Leonardo Perez, the Liberals' sole winner Benigno Aquino Jr., and independent candidate Magnolia Antonino, who was the wife of Senator Gaudencio Antonino of the Nacionalistas (originally elected as a Liberal) who died on election eve. She substituted for him and won the election.

Emmanuel Pelaez returns to the Senate, this time under the banner of the Nacionalistas, after last serving in 1959 as a Progressive.

Three Liberal senators lost their seats: Maria Kalaw Katigbak, Camilo Osias, and Soc Rodrigo.

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

Key:

Per candidate

CandidatePartyVotes%
Jose Roy Nacionalista Party 4,116,54951.73
Benigno Aquino Jr. Liberal Party 3,940,52949.52
Magnolia Antonino [lower-alpha 1] Nacionalista Party (independent) [lower-alpha 2] 3,466,67643.57
Salvador Laurel Nacionalista Party 3,459,87043.48
Leonardo Perez Nacionalista Party 3,440,01143.23
Emmanuel Pelaez Nacionalista Party 3,437,13543.20
Lorenzo Teves Nacionalista Party 3,393,95242.65
Helena Benitez Nacionalista Party 3,305,58541.54
Emilio Espinosa Jr. Nacionalista Party 3,148,90439.57
Fernando R. Veloso Nacionalista Party 2,935,41836.89
Maria Kalaw Katigbak Liberal Party 2,434,85630.60
Soc Rodrigo Liberal Party 2,153,84927.07
Felixberto Serrano Liberal Party 2,133,15026.81
Camilo Osías Liberal Party 1,991,66325.03
Hilarion Henares Jr. Liberal Party 1,959,63924.63
Roseller T. Lim Liberal Party 1,790,74122.51
Jose Briones Liberal Party 1,678,17821.09
Asaad Usman Liberal Party (independent) [lower-alpha 3] 33,6420.42
Antonio Mendoza Liberal Party 11,6790.15
Victorina CruzPartido ng Bansa7,5840.10
Marcelina AngelesPartido ng Bansa3,1040.04
Paquito AlipioPartido ng Bansa2,7760.03
Segundo BaldonPartido ng Bansa2,5160.03
Victoriano VillaflorPartido ng Bansa2,3060.03
Amado OrdinarioPartido ng Bansa2,0110.03
Jose VillavisaPartido ng Bansa1,7220.02
Sergio OlidanPartido ng Bansa1,5380.02
Francisco QuinesRepublican Party2690.00
Cayetano BartoliniIndependent1600.00
Total48,856,012100.00
Total votes7,957,019
Registered voters/turnout9,744,60481.66
Source: [1]
  1. Substituted for her husband Gaudencio Antonino who died a day before the election.
  2. Guest candidate of the Nacionalista Party
  3. Guest candidate of the Liberal Party

Per party

1967 Philippine Senate election results.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Nacionalista Party 27,237,42455.75+11.95211615+4
Liberal Party 18,094,28437.04−9.8951117−4
Nacionalista Party (independent) 3,466,6767.10New0011+1
Liberal Party (independent) 33,6420.07New00000
Partido ng Bansa23,5570.05+0.0200000
Republican Party2690.00New00000
Independent1600.00−0.8400000
Nationalist Citizens' Party 01010
Vacancy1100−1
Total48,856,012100.008248240
Total votes7,957,019
Registered voters/turnout9,744,60481.66
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
NP
55.75%
LP
37.04%
Others
7.21%
Senate seats
NP
75.00%
LP
12.50%
Others
12.50%

Defeated incumbents

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References

  1. Report of the Commission on Elections to the President and the Congress of the Philippines. Manila: Bureau of Print. 1969. p. 220.