1963 Philippine Senate election

1963 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Ferdinand Marcos; Liberal	Elected Senate President ; Ferdinand Marcos; Liberal

A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1963 in the Philippines. The 1963 elections were known as a midterm election as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Diosdado Macapagal's four-year term.

The Liberal Party won control of the chamber after having ten seats out of the 24-member Senate, as the 2-member Grand Alliance (the old Progressive Party) were caucusing with them, plus Alejandro Almendras of the Nacionalistas who personally supported Senate President Ferdinand Marcos.

Retiring incumbents

Nacionalista Party

Oscar Ledesma

Results

The Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party each won four seats.

Nacionalistas Arturo Tolentino and Gil Puyat, and Liberal Ambrosio Padilla all defended their seats.

Five winners are neophyte senators. These are

José W. Diokno and Rodolfo Ganzon

.

Incumbent Nacionalista senators Eulogio Balao, Roseller T. Lim and Cipriano Primcias Sr., and Rogelio de la Rosa of the Liberal Party all lost.

	1	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	LP				NP				Not up
After election		√	*	+	+	*	*	√	√

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


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Manuel Cuenco	Liberal Party	2,495,180	32.35
	Eulogio Balao	Liberal Party	2,489,133	32.28
	Rogelio de la Rosa	Liberal Party	2,465,488	31.97
	Cipriano Primicias Sr.	Nacionalista Party	2,422,334	31.41
	Jacobo Gonzales	Independent	29,458	0.38
	Ernesto Bernal	Independent	3,663	0.05
	Eulogio Jamolin	Independent	1,577	0.02
Total			45,812,470	100.00

Total votes			7,712,019	–
Registered voters/turnout			9,691,121	79.58

Per party


Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

Vote share

NP			50.17%
LP			49.76%
Others			0.08%

Senate seats

NP			50.00%
LP			50.00%
Others			0.00%

References

External links

Official website of the Commission on Elections

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