1969 Philippine Senate election

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1969 Philippine Senate election
Flag of the Philippines.svg
  1967 November 11, 1969 1971  

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Gil Puyat photo.jpg Gerry Roxas.jpg
Leader Gil Puyat Gerardo Roxas
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Seats before15 (4 up)8 (4 up)
Seats won62
Seats after176
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote31,526,49222,256,444
Percentage58.5841.35
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.62Increase2.svg 4.32

Senate President before election

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

A senatorial election was held on November 11, 1969 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines, while his running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines; their Nacionalista Party-mates also won six of the eight contested seats in the Philippine Senate increasing their majority in the Senate.

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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 1963; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes win the election.

Retiring incumbents

There were no retiring incumbents in this election.

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. Genaro Magsasysay (Liberal, elected as a Nacionalista), ran for vice president and lost
  2. Sergio Osmeña Jr. (Liberal), ran for president and lost

Results

The Nacionalista Party won six seats, while the Liberal Party won two.

Five incumbents successfully defended their seats. Liberals Ambrosio Padilla and Gerardo Roxas, and Nacionalistas José W. Diokno, Gil Puyat, and Arturo Tolentino.

Mamintal A.J. Tamano and Rene Espina of the Nacionalistas are the neophyte senators elected in this election.

Nacionalista Lorenzo Sumulong returns to the Senate after last serving in 1967.

Three senators lost their reelection bids: Juan Liwag and Tecla San Andres Ziga of the Liberals, and Nacionalistas' Rodolfo Ganzon.

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

Key:

Per candidate

CandidatePartyVotes%
Arturo Tolentino Nacionalista Party 4,826,80958.84
Gil Puyat Nacionalista Party 4,609,23356.19
Jose W. Diokno Nacionalista Party 4,566,35355.67
Lorenzo Sumulong Nacionalista Party 4,204,04451.25
Ambrosio Padilla Liberal Party 3,999,66248.76
Gerardo Roxas Liberal Party 3,952,64448.19
Rene Espina Nacionalista Party 3,668,33444.72
Mamintal A. J. Tamano Nacionalista Party 3,458,19342.16
Rafael Palmares Nacionalista Party 3,393,67741.37
Eddie Ilarde Liberal Party 3,154,90838.46
Rodolfo Ganzon Nacionalista Party 2,799,84934.13
Tecla San Andres Ziga Liberal Party 2,742,11333.43
Juan Liwag Liberal Party 2,355,37728.71
Gaudencio Mañalac Liberal Party 2,250,66527.44
Manuel Cases Jr. Liberal Party 1,909,24823.28
Vincenzo Sagun Liberal Party 1,891,82723.06
Roger NitePartido Bagong Pilipino9,0870.11
Ernesto HidalgoNew Party7,3210.09
Marcelina M. AngelesPartido ng Bansa5,1920.06
Antonio MendozaNational Liberal Party3,8430.05
Elsie BawisanPartido ng Bansa2,1760.03
Petronilo CorderoPartido ng Bansa1,9830.02
Avelina PulidoPartido ng Bansa1,8370.02
Tanni IbarraPartido ng Bansa1,6240.02
Tomas TalaniaPartido ng Bansa1,4770.02
Mauro MacasoPartido ng Bansa1,4430.02
Alejandro GadorPartido ng Manggagawa/Labor Party1,4400.02
Estrada JakosalemNew Leaf Party9470.01
Leopoldo RelaysonPartido ng Bansa7930.01
Total53,822,099100.00
Total votes8,202,793
Registered voters/turnout10,300,89879.63

Per party

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Nacionalista Party 31,526,49258.58+2.82415617+2
Liberal Party 22,256,44441.35+4.324826−2
Partido ng Bansa16,5250.03−0.0200000
Partido Bagong Pilipino9,0870.02New00000
National Liberal Party3,8430.01New00000
New Party7,3210.01New00000
Partido ng Manggagawa/Labor Party1,4400.00New00000
New Leaf Party9470.00New00000
Nationalist Citizens' Party 01010
Total53,822,099100.008248240
Total votes8,202,793
Registered voters/turnout10,300,89879.63
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
58.58%
LP
41.35%
Others
0.07%
Senate seats
NP
75.00%
LP
25.00%
Others
0.00%

Defeated incumbents

  1. Rodolfo Ganzon (Nacionalista), ran for mayor of Iloilo CIty in 1971 and won
  2. Juan Liwag (Liberal), ran for delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1970 and won
  3. Tecla San Andres Ziga (Liberal), retired from politics

See also

References