1965 Philippine Senate election

1965 Philippine Senate election

November 9, 1965
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Arturo Tolentino Ambrosio Padilla Lorenzo Tañada Party Nacionalista Liberal NCP Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 11 10 1 Seats after 11 10 1 Seat change          Popular vote 21,619,502 23,158,197 3,014,618 Percentage 43.8% 46.9% 6.1% Swing 6.4% 2.8% 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. The Nacionalistas also won five of the eight seats contested in this year's Senate election to get the plurality (12) of the seats in the 24-member Senate.

Results

Per candidate

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

Per party

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Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
Liberal	23,158,197	46.9%	2.8%	5	11	11	45.1%
Nacionalista	21,619,502	43.8%	6.4%	2	12	12	50.0%
NCP	3,014,618	6.1%	6.1%	1	1	1	4.2%
Progressive	1,128,675	2.3%	2.3%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Partido ng Bansa	11,402	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
	New Leaf	9,867	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Independent	413,071	0.8%	0.8%	0	0	0	0.0%
Totals		49,355,332	100%	—	8	24	24	100.0%

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 6th Congress of the Philippines

External links

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