Election in the Philippines on 1965
Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 9, 1965, in the Philippines . Incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to Senate President Ferdinand Marcos . His running mate, Senator Gerardo Roxas lost to former Vice President Fernando Lopez . Emmanuel Pelaez did not run for vice president. An unprecedented twelve candidates ran for president; however, nine of those were nuisance candidates.
Results [ edit ] President [ edit ] Candidate Party Votes % Ferdinand Marcos Nacionalista Party 3,861,324 51.94 Diosdado Macapagal Liberal Party 3,187,752 42.88 Raul Manglapus Party for Philippine Progress 384,564 5.17 Gaudencio Bueno New Leaf Party 199 0.00 Aniceto A. Hidalgo New Leaf Party 156 0.00 Segundo Baldove Partido ng Bansa 139 0.00 Nic V. Garces People’s Progressive Democratic Party 130 0.00 German F. Villanueva Independent 106 0.00 Guillermo M. Mercado Laborer Party 27 0.00 Antonio Nicolas Jr. Allied Party 27 0.00 Blandino P. Ruan Independent 6 0.00 Praxedes Floro Independent 1 0.00 Total 7,434,431 100.00 Valid votes 7,434,431 97.69 Invalid/blank votes 175,620 2.31 Total votes 7,610,051 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,962,345 76.39 Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1]
Vice-President [ edit ] Candidate Party Votes % Fernando Lopez Nacionalista Party 3,531,550 48.48 Gerardo Roxas Liberal Party 3,504,826 48.11 Manuel Manahan Party for Philippine Progress 247,426 3.40 Gonzalo D. Vasquez Reformist Party of the Philippines 644 0.01 Severo Capales New Leaf Party 193 0.00 Eleodoro Salvador Partido ng Bansa 172 0.00 Total 7,284,811 100.00 Valid votes 7,284,811 95.73 Invalid/blank votes 325,240 4.27 Total votes 7,610,051 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,962,345 76.39 Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]
Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box. Nacionalista Party Liberal Party Progressive Party Nationalist Citizens' Party Candidate Party Votes % Jovito Salonga Liberal Party 3,629,834 47.70 Alejandro Almendras Nacionalista Party 3,472,689 45.63 Genaro Magsaysay Nacionalista Party 3,463,459 45.51 Sergio Osmeña Jr. Liberal Party 3,234,966 42.51 Eva Estrada-Kalaw Nacionalista Party 3,190,700 41.93 Dominador Aytona Nacionalista Party 3,037,666 39.92 Lorenzo Tañada Nationalist Citizens' Party 3,014,618 39.61 Wenceslao Lagumbay Nacionalista Party 2,972,525 39.06 Cesar Climaco Liberal Party 2,968,958 39.01 Estanislao Fernandez Liberal Party 2,846,320 37.40 Constancio Castañeda Nacionalista Party 2,814,032 36.98 Ramon Bagatsing Liberal Party 2,774,621 36.46 Bartolome Cabangbang Nacionalista Party 2,668,431 35.06 Alejandro Roces Liberal Party 2,663,852 35.00 Ramon Diaz Liberal Party 2,620,073 34.43 Lucas Paredes Liberal Party 2,419,573 31.79 Vicente Araneta Party for Philippine Progress 500,795 6.58 Amelio Mutuc Independent 413,074 5.43 Jose Feria Party for Philippine Progress 335,119 4.40 Benjamin Gaston Party for Philippine Progress 149,057 1.96 Dionisio Ojeda Party for Philippine Progress 143,681 1.89 Magdaleno Estrada New Leaf Party 8,766 0.12 Epifanio Talania Partido ng Bansa 3,007 0.04 Vicente Baldovino Partido ng Bansa 1,945 0.03 German Carbonel Partido ng Bansa 1,830 0.02 Toribia S. Valino Partido ng Bansa 1,750 0.02 Jose Villavisa Partido ng Bansa 1,604 0.02 Teodoro Gosuico Sr. Partido ng Bansa 1,153 0.02 Genovevo Baynosa New Leaf Party 1,101 0.01 Leoncio Wico Pagdanganan Partido ng Bansa 113 0.00 Total 49,355,312 100.00 Total votes 7,610,051 – Registered voters/turnout 9,962,345 76.39
House of Representatives [ edit ] Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Liberal Party 3,721,460 51.32 +17.61 61 +32 Nacionalista Party 3,028,224 41.76 −19.26 38 −36 Independent Liberal 107,001 1.48 +0.74 1 New Independent Nacionalista 71,955 0.99 +0.36 1 New Party for Philippine Progress 41,983 0.58 +0.58 0 0 Young Philippines 12,479 0.17 New 0 0 Republican Party 85 0.00 New 0 0 Independent 268,327 3.70 −0.08 3 +2 Total 7,251,514 100.00 – 104 0 Valid votes 7,251,514 95.29 −0.12 Invalid/blank votes 358,537 4.71 +0.12 Total votes 7,610,051 100.00 – Registered voters/turnout 9,962,345 76.39 −3.04 Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4]
Local plebiscites [ edit ] Aside from the general election, local plebiscites were also held on this day. One was for the division of the province of Samar into three provinces, namely Eastern Samar , Northern Samar and Western Samar (renamed in 1969 as "Samar "). Six were for conversion of municipalities into cities, with two being renamed as well. All were carried, except for the cityhood of Batangas and renaming it to "Laurel City".
Location Plebiscite question For Against Total Total % Total % Samar Division of Samar to three provinces 135,259 89.42% 16,002 10.58% 151,261 La Carlota, Negros Occidental Cityhood of La Carlota 5,622 73.96% 1,979 26.04% 7,601 Bago, Negros Occidental Cityhood of Bago 8,002 82.38% 1,711 17.62% 9,713 Laoag, Ilocos Norte Cityhood of Laoag 7,831 50.92% 7,549 49.08% 15,380 San Carlos, Pangasinan Cityhood of San Carlos 8,941 66.26% 4,552 33.74% 13,493 General Santos, Cotabato Cityhood and renaming to "Rajah Buayan" 4,422 59.05% 3,066 40.95% 7,488 Batangas, Batangas Cityhood and renaming to "Laurel City" 9,901 41.35% 14,044 58.65% 23,945
In Leyva vs. COMELEC , the Supreme Court reversed COMELEC's proclamation of the cityhood of Rajah Buayan being approved, as it ruled that its implementing law decreed that the majority of the votes must be taken into account all of the registered voters, and not just those who voted. As the votes for cityhood were less than the majority of all voters, the Rajah Buayan's cityhood was nullified, and it reverted back as the municipality of General Santos.
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Dieter Nohlen ; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos. Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific . ^ Dieter Nohlen ; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos. Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific . ^ Nohlen, Dieter ; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook . Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF) . In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia . Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph. External links [ edit ]
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