1971 Philippine Senate election

1971 Philippine Senate election

November 8, 1971
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Gil Puyat Gerardo Roxas Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 18 5 Seats after 16 8 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 24,819,175 33,469,677 Percentage 42.6% 57.4% Swing 18.2% 18.3%
Senate President before election Gil Puyat Nacionalista Elected Senate President Gil Puyat Nacionalista

A senatorial election was held on November 8, 1971 in the Philippines. The opposition Liberal Party won five seats in the Philippine Senate while three seats were won by the Nacionalista Party, the administration party; this was seen as a consequence of the Plaza Miranda bombing on August 21, 1971, which wounded all of the Liberal Party's candidates and almost took the lives of John Henry Osmeña and Jovito Salonga. Their terms as senators were cut short as a result of the declaration of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos on September 23, 1972.

Due to the ratification of a new constitution in 1973, the Senate was abolished and the unicameral parliamentary Batasang Pambansa was instituted. In 1986, a new constitution was approved in 1987 that reverted the bicameral setup. This means that this would be the last election for the Senate until the 1987 election.

Results

Per party

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jovito Salonga	Liberal Party	5,620,272	59.67
	Genaro Magsaysay	Liberal Party	4,756,376	50.49
	John Henry Osmeña	Liberal Party	4,668,092	49.56
	Eddie Ilarde	Liberal Party	4,548,069	48.28
	Eva Estrada-Kalaw	Nacionalista Party	4,464,367	47.39
	Ramon Mitra Jr.	Liberal Party	3,916,833	41.58
	Ernesto Maceda	Nacionalista Party	3,592,559	38.14
	Alejandro Almendras	Nacionalista Party	3,427,985	36.39
	Manuel Elizalde	Nacionalista Party	3,407,276	36.17
	Melanio T. Singson	Liberal Party	3,130,332	33.23
	Dominador Aytona	Nacionalista Party	3,119,995	33.12
	Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista Party	3,044,461	32.32
	Salipada Pendatun	Liberal Party	2,885,336	30.63
	Blas Ople	Nacionalista Party	2,654,067	28.18
	Leonila Garcia	Nacionalista Party	2,473,684	26.26
	Cipriano Primicias Jr.	Nacionalista Party	2,099,148	22.28
Total			57,808,852	100.00
Total votes			9,419,568	–
Registered voters/turnout			11,661,909	80.77

Per party

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Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
Liberal	33,469,677	57.4%	18.3%	5	4	8	33.3%	4
Nacionalista	24,819,175	42.6%	18.2%	3	19	16	66.7%	3
NCP	0	0.0%		0	1	0	0.0%	1
Totals		58,288,852	100%	—	8	24	24	100.0%

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 7th Congress of the Philippines

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections