1965 Philippine Senate election

1965 Philippine Senate election

← 1963 November 9, 1965 1967 →
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ambrosio Padilla Arturo Tolentino Lorenzo Tañada Party Liberal Nacionalista NCP Seats before 9 10 1 Seats after 12 11 1 Seat change 3 1    Popular vote 23,158,197 21,619,502 3,014,618 Percentage 46.9% 43.8% 6.1% Swing 2.8% 6.4% 6.1%
Senate President before election Ferdinand Marcos Nacionalista Elected Senate President Arturo Tolentino Nacionalista

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.

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

1. Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista), ran for vice president and won
2. Ferdinand Marcos (Nacionalista), ran for president and won

Mid-term vacancies

1. Mariano Jesús Cuenco (Nacionalista), died on February 25, 1964
2. 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.

1. Gerardo Roxas (Liberal), ran for vice president and lost

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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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

Per party

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 6th Congress of the Philippines

References

External links

• The Philippine Presidency Project
• Official website of the Commission on Elections