1969 Philippine presidential election

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1969 Philippine presidential election
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←  1965 November 11, 1969 1981  →
Turnout79.6% (Increase2.svg3.2pp)
  Ferdinand E Marcos (cropped).jpg Sergio Osmena Jr.jpg
Candidate Ferdinand Marcos Sergio Osmeña Jr.
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Running mate Fernando Lopez Genaro Magsaysay
Popular vote5,017,3433,143,122
Percentage61.47%38.51%
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Presidential election results per province.
President before election

Ferdinand Marcos
Nacionalista

Elected President

Ferdinand Marcos
Nacionalista

1969 Philippine vice presidential election
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  Fernando Lopez Sr.jpg Genaro Magsaysay.jpg
Candidate Fernando Lopez Genaro Magsaysay
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Popular vote5,001,7372,968,526
Percentage62.75%37.24%
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Vice presidential election results per province.
Vice President before election

Fernando Lopez
Nacionalista

Elected Vice President

Fernando Lopez
Nacionalista

The 1969 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 11, 1969. Incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos won a second full term as President of the Philippines. Marcos was the last president in the entire electoral history of the Philippines who ran for and won a second term. His running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez, was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines. A total of twelve candidates ran for president, but ten of those got less than 0.01% of the vote.

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Constitutionally barred for a third term, Marcos sought to amend the constitution to allow him to do so. A constitutional convention was elected in 1970 for this purpose. Growing unrest led to Marcos declaring martial law in 1972. Months later, the constitutional convention passed a new constitution, which was subsequently ratified in a plebiscite in 1973. Marcos then ruled by decree, and a presidential election would not be held again until 1981. The office of the vice president was abolished in the new constitution but was reinstated in 1984, and an election for it was first held in 1986.

Results

For president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ferdinand Marcos Nacionalista Party 5,017,34362.24
Sergio Osmeña Jr. Liberal Party 3,043,12237.75
Pascual Racuyal Independent7780.01
Segundo BaldoviPartido ng Bansa1770.00
Pantaleon PaneloIndependent1230.00
German VillanuevaIndependent820.00
Gaudencio BuenoNew Leaf Party440.00
Angel ComagonIndependent350.00
Cesar BulacanIndependent310.00
Espiridion BuencaminoNP230.00
Nic GarcesPhilippine Pro-Socialist Party230.00
Benito JoseIndependent230.00
Total8,061,804100.00
Valid votes8,061,80498.28
Invalid/blank votes140,9891.72
Total votes8,202,793100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,300,89879.63
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos [1]
Popular vote
Marcos
 
61.47%
Osmeña
 
38.51%
Others
 
0.02%

For vice-president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Fernando Lopez Nacionalista Party 5,001,73762.75
Genaro Magsaysay Liberal Party 2,968,52637.24
Victoriano MallariPartido ng Bansa2290.00
Modesto T. JalandoniPhilippine Pro-Socialist Party1610.00
Total7,970,653100.00
Valid votes7,970,65397.17
Invalid/blank votes232,1402.83
Total votes8,202,793100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,300,89879.63
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos [2]
Popular vote
Lopez
 
62.75%
Magsaysay
 
37.24%

Aftermath

Marcos, who was term-limited in the upcoming 1973 election, proposed drafting a new constitution. An election in 1970 elected delegates to the constitutional convention. Due to rising unrest, Marcos declared martial law and suspended the current (1935) constitution in 1972. The constitutional convention, which by then had seen its delegates opposed to Marcos dictatorship arrested or fled the country, then passed its draft constitution, and a plebiscite in January 1973 approved the constitution. A petition declaring that the 1973 constitution as unlawfully enacted was dismissed by the Supreme Court. Further plebiscites in July 1973 and 1977 extended Marcos's term, and a presidential election wouldn't be held again until 1981.

See also

  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    .
  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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