1965 Philippine Senate election
A senatorial election was held on November 9, 1965 in the Philippines. The Nacionalista Party wrestled back control of the Senate; originally a Liberal, Senate President Ferdinand Marcos defected to the Nacionalistas, became their presidential candidate and won this year's election.
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After the election, the Senate emerged with 12 Liberals on one side, and 11 Nacionalistas and 1 Nationalist Citizens' Party caucusing with them on the other.
Retiring incumbents
Nacionalista Party
- Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista), ran for vice president and won
- Ferdinand Marcos (Nacionalista), ran for president and won
Mid-term vacancies
- Mariano Jesús Cuenco (Nacionalista), died on February 25, 1964
- Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista), died on December 9, 1964
Other 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.
Results
The Nacionalista Party won five seats, the Liberal Party won two seats, and the Nationalist Citizens' Party (NCP) won one.
NCP's Lorenzo Tañada, and Nacionalistas Alejandro Almendras and Genaro Magsaysay all defended their seats.
Five winners are neophyte senators. These are Dominador Aytona, Eva Estrada Kalaw, and Wenceslao Lagumbay of the Nacionalistas, and Liberals Sergio Osmeña Jr. and Jovito Salonga.
Estanislao Fernandez of the Liberal Party lost his seat.
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After election | * | + | √ | + | * | * | √ | √ |
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Key:
- ‡ Seats up
- + Gained by a party from another party
- √ Held by the incumbent
- * Held by the same party with a new senator
- ^ Vacancy
Per candidate
Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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1 | Jovito Salonga | Liberal | 3,629,834 | 47.7% | ||
2 | Alejandro Almendras | Nacionalista | 3,472,689 | 45.6% | ||
3 | Genaro Magsaysay | Nacionalista | 3,463,459 | 45.5% | ||
4 | Sergio Osmeña Jr. | Liberal | 3,234,966 | 42.5% | ||
5 | Eva Estrada-Kalaw | Nacionalista | 3,190,700 | 41.9% | ||
6 | Dominador Aytona | Nacionalista | 3,037,666 | 39.9% | ||
7 | Lorenzo Tañada | NCP | 3,014,618 | 39.6% | ||
8 | Wenceslao Lagumbay | Nacionalista | 2,972,525 | 39.1% | ||
9 | Cesar Climaco | Liberal | 2,968,958 | 39.0% | ||
10 | Estanislao Fernandez | Liberal | 2,846,320 | 37.4% | ||
11 | Constancio Castañeda | Nacionalista | 2,814,032 | 37.0% | ||
12 | Ramon Bagatsing | Liberal | 2,774,621 | 36.5% | ||
13 | Bartolome Cabangbang | Nacionalista | 2,668,431 | 35.1% | ||
14 | Alejandro Roces | Liberal | 2,663,852 | 35.0% | ||
15 | Ramon Diaz | Liberal | 2,620,073 | 34.4% | ||
16 | Lucas Paredes | Liberal | 2,419,573 | 31.8% | ||
17 | Vicente Araneta | Progressive | 500,795 | 6.6% | ||
18 | Amelio Mutuc | Independent | 413,074 | 5.4% | ||
19 | Jose Feria | Progressive | 335,119 | 4.4% | ||
20 | Benjamin Gaston | Progressive | 149,057 | 2.0% | ||
21 | Dionisio Ojeda | Progressive | 143,681 | 1.9% | ||
22 | Magdaleno Estrada | New Leaf Party | 8,766 | 0.1% | ||
23 | Epifanio Talania | Partido ng Bansa | 3,007 | 0.0% | ||
24 | Vicente Baldovino | Partido ng Bansa | 1,945 | 0.0% | ||
25 | German Carbonel | Partido ng Bansa | 1,830 | 0.0% | ||
26 | Toribia S. Valino | Partido ng Bansa | 1,750 | 0.0% | ||
27 | Jose Villavisa | Partido ng Bansa | 1,604 | 0.0% | ||
28 | Teodoro Gosuico Sr. | Partido ng Bansa | 1,153 | 0.0% | ||
29 | Genovevo Baynosa | New Leaf Party | 1,101 | 0.0% | ||
30 | Leoncio Wico Pagdanganan | Partido ng Bansa | 113 | 0.0% | ||
Total turnout | 7,610,051 | 76.4% | ||||
Total votes | 49,355,332 | N/A | ||||
Registered voters | 9,962,345 | 100.0% | ||||
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for senator. | Source:[1] |
Per party
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | |||||
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Up | Before | Won | After | +/− | |||||
Liberal Party | 23,158,197 | 46.92 | −2.84 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 10 | +1 | |
Nacionalista Party | 21,619,502 | 43.80 | −6.37 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 11 | +1 | |
Nationalist Citizens' Party | 3,014,618 | 6.11 | New | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Party for Philippine Progress | 1,128,675 | 2.29 | New | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Partido ng Bansa | 11,402 | 0.02 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
New Leaf Party | 9,867 | 0.02 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 413,071 | 0.84 | +0.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vacancy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | ||||
Total | 49,355,332 | 100.00 | – | 8 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 0 | |
Total votes | 7,610,051 | – | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 9,962,345 | 76.39 | |||||||
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. |
References
- Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (ed.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.