1967 Philippine Senate election

1967 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Gil Puyat; Nacionalista	Elected Senate President ; Gil Puyat; Nacionalista

A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1967, in the

Philippine Senate while the Liberal Party

won one seat; the Nacionalistas got the majority in the Senate after having twelve of the 24 seats in the Senate prior to the election.

Retiring incumbents

Liberal Party

Both were originally elected under the Progressive Party banner in 1961.

Nacionalista Party

Lorenzo Sumulong

Mid-term vacancies

Gaudencio Antonino (Nacionalista), died on November 13, 1967

Results

The Nacionalista Party won seven seats, while the Liberal Party won one.

Jose Roy of the Nacionalistas garnered the highest number of votes and was the sole incumbent to defend his seat.

Five winners are neophyte senators. These are the Nacionalistas'

Benigno Aquino Jr., and independent candidate Magnolia Antonino, who was the wife of Senator Gaudencio Antonino

of the Nacionalistas (originally elected as a Liberal) who died on election eve. She substituted for him and won the election.

Emmanuel Pelaez returns to the Senate, this time under the banner of the Nacionalistas, after last serving in 1959.

Three Liberal senators lost their seats:

Camilo Osias, and Soc Rodrigo

.

	1	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡^	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	LP	Ind	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	%
	Independent Liberal^[c]	33,642	0.42
	Antonio Mendoza	Liberal Party	11,679	0.15
	Victorina Cruz	Partido ng Bansa	7,584	0.10
	Marcelina Angeles	Partido ng Bansa	3,104	0.04
	Paquito Alipio	Partido ng Bansa	2,776	0.03
	Segundo Baldon	Partido ng Bansa	2,516	0.03
	Victoriano Villaflor	Partido ng Bansa	2,306	0.03
	Amado Ordinario	Partido ng Bansa	2,011	0.03
	Jose Villavisa	Partido ng Bansa	1,722	0.02
	Sergio Olidan	Partido ng Bansa	1,538	0.02
	Francisco Quines	Republican Party	269	0.00
	Cayetano Bartolini	Independent	160	0.00
Total			48,856,012	100.00

Total votes			7,957,019	–
Registered voters/turnout			9,744,604	81.66
Source: ^[1]

^ Substituted for her husband Gaudencio Antonino who died a day before the election.
^ Guest candidate of the Nacionalista Party
^ Guest candidate of the Liberal Party

Per party


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

Vote share

NP			55.75%
LP			37.04%
Others			7.21%

Senate seats

NP			75.00%
LP			12.50%
Others			12.50%

References

^ Report of the Commission on Elections to the President and the Congress of the Philippines. Manila: Bureau of Print. 1969. p. 220.

External links

[1] Substituted for her husband Gaudencio Antonino who died a day before the election.

[2] Guest candidate of the Nacionalista Party

[3] Guest candidate of the Liberal Party

[4] Report of the Commission on Elections to the President and the Congress of the Philippines. Manila: Bureau of Print. 1969. p. 220.

[c]

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