1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1961 November 9, 1965 1969 →

All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
53 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Cornelio Villareal
José Laurel, Jr.
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Leader's seat Capiz–2nd Batangas–3rd
Last election 29 seats, 33.71% 74 seats, 61.02%
Seats won 61 38
Seat change Increase 32 Decrease 36
Popular vote 3,721,460 3,028,224
Percentage 51.32% 41.76%
Swing Increase 17.61% Decrease 19.26%

Speaker before election

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

Elected Speaker

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 9, 1965. Held on the same day as the

Daniel Romualdez
midway during the previous Congress.

The elected representatives served in the 6th Congress from 1965 to 1969.

Results

Independent Nacionalista
71,9550.99+0.361New
Party for Philippine Progress41,9830.58+0.5800
Young Philippines12,4790.17New00
Republican Party850.00New00
Independent268,3273.70−0.083+2
Total7,251,514100.001040
Valid votes7,251,51495.29−0.12
Invalid/blank votes358,5374.71+0.12
Total votes7,610,051100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39−3.04
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3]
Vote share
LP
51.32%
NP
41.76%
Others
6.92%
Seats
LP
58.65%
NP
36.54%
Others
4.81%

See also

References