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 before158
Seats after176
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote32,726,30521,060,474
Percentage60.8%39.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.1%Increase2.svg 2.0%

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. While incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines, and 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.

Contents

Retiring incumbents

There are 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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Election resultNot up LP NP Not up
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Key:

Per candidate

e    d  Summary of the November 11, 1969 Philippine Senate election result
RankCandidatePartyVotes%
1 Arturo Tolentino Nacionalista 4,826,80958.8%
2 Gil Puyat Nacionalista 4,609,23356.2%
3 José W. Diokno Nacionalista 4,566,35355.7%
4 Lorenzo Sumulong Nacionalista 4,204,04451.3%
5 Ambrosio Padilla Liberal 3,999,66248.8%
6 Gerardo Roxas Liberal 3,952,64448.2%
7 Rene Espina Nacionalista 3,668,33444.7%
8 Mamintal Tamano Nacionalista 3,458,19342.2%
9Rafael Palmares Nacionalista 3,393,67741.4%
10 Eddie Ilarde Liberal 3,154,90838.5%
11Rodolfo Ganzon Nacionalista 2,799,84934.1%
12 Tecla San Andres Ziga Liberal 2,742,11333.4%
13 Juan Liwag Liberal 2,355,37728.7%
14Gaudencio Mañalac Liberal 2,250,66527.4%
15Manuel Cases Liberal 1,909,24823.3%
16Vincenzo Sagun Liberal 1,891,82723.1%
17Roger NitePartido Bagong Pilipino9,0870.1%
18Ernesto HidalgoNP7,3210.1%
19Marcelina M. AngelesPartido ng Bansa5,1920.1%
20Antonio MendozaLP3,8430.0%
21Elsie BawisanPartido ng Bansa2,1760.0%
22Petronilo CorderoPartido ng Bansa1,9830.0%
23Avelina PulidoPartido ng Bansa1,8370.0%
24Tanni IbarraPartido ng Bansa1,6240.0%
25Tomas TalaniaPartido ng Bansa1,4770.0%
26Mauro MacasoPartido ng Bansa1,4430.0%
27Alejandro GadorPartido ng Mangagawa/Labor Party1,4400.0%
28Estrada JakosalemNew Leaf Party9470.0%
29Leopoldo RelaysonPartido ng Bansa7930.0%
Total turnout8,202,79379.6%
Total votes53,822,099N/A
Registered voters10,300,898100.0%
Note: A total of 29 candidates ran for senator.Source: [1]

Per party

1969 Philippine Senate election results.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
UpBeforeWonAfter+/−
Nacionalista Party 32,726,30560.81+5.06415617+2
Liberal Party 21,060,47439.13+2.094826−2
Partido ng Bansa16,5250.03−0.0200000
Bagong Pilipinas9,0870.02New00000
Labor Party1,4400.00New00000
Independent7,3210.01−7.1500000
Nationalist Citizens' Party 01010
Total53,821,152100.008248240
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
60.81%
LP
39.13%
Others
0.06%
Senate seats
NP
75.00%
LP
25.00%
Others
0.00%

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References

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