1969 Philippine general election

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 11, 1969 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines. Marcos was the last president in the entire electoral history who ran and won for a second term. His running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines. An unprecedented twelve candidates ran for president, however ten of those were nuisance candidates.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ferdinand Marcos	Nacionalista Party	5,017,343	62.24
	Sergio Osmeña Jr.	Liberal Party	3,043,122	37.75
	Pascual Racuyal	Independent	778	0.01
	Segundo Baldovi	Partido ng Bansa	177	0.00
	Pantaleon Panelo	Independent	123	0.00
	German Villanueva	Independent	82	0.00
	Gaudencio Bueno	New Leaf Party	44	0.00
	Angel Comagon	Independent	35	0.00
	Cesar Bulacan	Independent	31	0.00
	Espiridion Buencamino	NP	23	0.00
	Nic Garces	Philippine Pro-Socialist Party	23	0.00
	Benito Jose	Independent	23	0.00
Total			8,061,804	100.00

Valid votes			8,061,804	98.28
Invalid/blank votes			140,989	1.72
Total votes			8,202,793	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			10,300,898	79.63
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos^[1]

Breakdown of votes

Province	Marcos	Osmeña, Jr.
Abra	41,606	1,925
Agusan del Norte • Butuan City	24,015 23,773	16,722 18,729
Agusan del Sur	31,938	16,520
Aklan	38,492	28,609
Albay • Legazpi City	84,071 16,874	46,145 7,082
Antique	30,042	31,865
Bataan	41,163	18,713
Batanes	3,526	1,029
Batangas • Batangas City • Lipa City	129,335 17,151 9,985	58,676 8,154 12,592
Benguet • Baguio City	19,752 14,930	11,698 4,690
Bohol • Tagbilaran City	106,944 5,839	53,353 3,783
Bukidnon	28,431	24,130
Bulacan	136,701	95,369
Cagayan	110,533	9,220
Camarines Norte	30,708	27,556
Camarines Sur • Iriga City • Naga City	92,137 7,021 8,372	66,714 5,834 6,889
Camiguin	9,916	6,033
Capiz • Roxas City	44,152 8,316	26,642 9,387
Catanduanes	38,681	4,820
Cavite • Cavite City • Tagaytay City • Trece Martires City	65,686 8,492 1,165 304	49,663 6,735 1,937 1,338
Cebu • Cebu City • Danao City • Lapu-Lapu City • Mandaue City • Toledo	156,091 33,392 15,416 7,123 5,751 9,874	117,283 48,984 877 9,501 6,804 8,171
Cotabato • Cotabato City	100,336 7,801	65,900 2,914
Davao del Norte	52,088	25,419
Davao del Sur • Davao City	35,054 44,999	21,311 25,594
Davao Oriental	29,749	12,838
Eastern Samar	36,457	19,231
Ifugao	6,927	5,521
Ilocos Norte • Laoag City	80,631 18,110	1,215 520
Ilocos Sur	95,379	8,860
Iloilo • Iloilo City	123,461 29,096	119,393 27,015
Isabela	91,299	24,932
Kalinga-Apayao	21,257	5,663
Laguna • San Pablo City	102,766 16,142	57,730 12,402
La Union	89,165	9,157
Lanao del Norte • Iligan City	53,053 9,486	10,364 13,827
Lanao del Sur • Marawi City	45,696 7,408	35,199 5,438
Leyte • Ormoc City • Tacloban City	134,680 11,250 11,696	72,055 4,794 5,730
Manila, City of	182,956	153,541
Marinduque	22,934	13,303
Masbate	45,662	39,994
Misamis Occidental • Ozamis City • Tangub City	41,323 11,032 3,001	19,407 8,700 3,024
Misamis Oriental • Cagayan de Oro City • Gingoog City	33,242 14,711 6,769	25,518 12,438 6,172
Mountain Province	9,981	4,518
Negros Occidental • Bacolod City • Bago City • Cadiz • La Carlota City • San Carlos City • Silay City	114,154 25,998 8,483 12,687 7,515 7,831 14,144	84,178 23,797 9,290 1,378 3,983 8,661 6,583
Negros Oriental • Bais City • Canlaon City • Dumaguete City	62,944 3,271 1,948 7,224	47,667 3,420 1,327 6,769
Northern Samar	29,544	28,337
Nueva Ecija • Cabanatuan City • Palayan City • San Jose City	113,667 13,558 1,686 8,903	54,776 8,129 493 2,253
Nueva Vizcaya	34,763	10,818
Occidental Mindoro	23,085	12,053
Oriental Mindoro	44,060	27,879
Palawan	23,602	20,705
Pampanga • Angeles City	34,801 7,212	85,292 10,889
Pangasinan • Dagupan City • San Carlos City	207,458 12,836 10,776	113,724 9,649 9,192
Quezon • Lucena City	114,768 10,043	88,306 8,028
Rizal • Caloocan City • Pasay City • Quezon City	192,410 26,417 24,714 67,216	142,726 19,338 19,838 46,905
Romblon	20,197	19,832
Samar • Calbayog City	38,979 11,012	27,210 6,933
Sorsogon	67,275	34,917
South Cotabato • General Santos City	36,110 7,758	25,738 7,472
Southern Leyte	37,629	22,379
Sulu	78,722	39,608
Surigao del Norte	56,683	8,857
Surigao del Sur	33,912	25,625
Tarlac	76,078	43,487
Zambales • Olongapo City	41,622 10,550	18,440 8,734
Zamboanga del Norte • Dapitan City	53,909 7,234	21,511 2,550
Zamboanga del Sur • Basilan City • Pagadian City • Zamboanga City	57,244 7,536 6,399 17,481	36,107 7,704 4,576 11,250
Total:	5,017,343	3,043,122

Vice President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fernando Lopez	Nacionalista Party	5,001,737	62.75
	Genaro Magsaysay	Liberal Party	2,968,526	37.24
	Victoriano Mallari	Partido ng Bansa	229	0.00
	Modesto T. Jalandoni	Philippine Pro-Socialist Party	161	0.00
Total			7,970,653	100.00

Valid votes			7,970,653	97.17
Invalid/blank votes			232,140	2.83
Total votes			8,202,793	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			10,300,898	79.63
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos^[2]

Senate


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista Party	4,826,809	58.84
	Gil Puyat	Nacionalista Party	4,609,233	56.19
	Jose W. Diokno	Nacionalista Party	4,566,353	55.67
	Lorenzo Sumulong	Nacionalista Party	4,204,044	51.25
	Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal Party	3,999,662	48.76
	Gerardo Roxas	Liberal Party	3,952,644	48.19
	Rene Espina	Nacionalista Party	3,668,334	44.72
	Mamintal A. J. Tamano	Nacionalista Party	3,458,193	42.16
	Rafael Palmares	Nacionalista Party	3,393,677	41.37
	Eddie Ilarde	Liberal Party	3,154,908	38.46
	Rodolfo Ganzon	Nacionalista Party	2,799,849	34.13
	Tecla San Andres Ziga	Liberal Party	2,742,113	33.43
	Juan Liwag	Liberal Party	2,355,377	28.71
	Gaudencio Mañalac	Liberal Party	2,250,665	27.44
	Manuel Cases Jr.	Liberal Party	1,909,248	23.28
	Vincenzo Sagun	Liberal Party	1,891,827	23.06
	Roger Nite	Partido Bagong Pilipino	9,087	0.11
	Ernesto Hidalgo	New Party	7,321	0.09
	Marcelina M. Angeles	Partido ng Bansa	5,192	0.06
	Antonio Mendoza	National Liberal Party	3,843	0.05
	Elsie Bawisan	Partido ng Bansa	2,176	0.03
	Petronilo Cordero	Partido ng Bansa	1,983	0.02
	Avelina Pulido	Partido ng Bansa	1,837	0.02
	Tanni Ibarra	Partido ng Bansa	1,624	0.02
	Tomas Talania	Partido ng Bansa	1,477	0.02
	Mauro Macaso	Partido ng Bansa	1,443	0.02
	Alejandro Gador	Partido ng Manggagawa/Labor Party	1,440	0.02
	Estrada Jakosalem	New Leaf Party	947	0.01
	Leopoldo Relayson	Partido ng Bansa	793	0.01
Total			53,822,099	100.00

Total votes			8,202,793	–
Registered voters/turnout			10,300,898	79.63

House of Representatives



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Nacionalista Party	4,590,374	58.93	+17.17	88	+50
	Liberal Party	2,641,786	33.91	−17.41	18	−43
	Nacionalista Party (independent)	129,424	1.66	+0.67	2	+1
	Liberal Party (independent)	24,546	0.32	−1.16	0	−1
	Party for Philippine Progress	5,031	0.06	−0.52	0	0
	Young Philippines	3,917	0.05	−0.12	0	0
	Reformist Party	43	0.00	New	0	0
	Independent	394,700	5.07	+1.37	2	−1
Total		7,789,821	100.00	–	110	+6

Valid votes		7,789,821	94.97	−0.32
Invalid/blank votes		412,970	5.03	+0.32
Total votes		8,202,791	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		10,300,898	79.63	+3.24
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann^[3] and Teehankee^[4]

References

^ 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

Official website of the Commission on Elections

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] 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..

[4] 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.

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v t e Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos
10th President of the Philippines and 10th First Lady of the Philippines
Family	Josefa Edralin & Mariano Marcos and Remedios Trinidad & Vicente Lopez-Romualdez (parents) Imee, Bongbong, Irene & Aimee (children) Pacifico Marcos, Pio Marcos and Quirino Lizardo (relatives)
Education	University of the Philippines and U.P. College of Law (Ferdinand) St. Paul's College of Tacloban and Philippine Women's University (Imelda)
Political career	Pi Gamma Mu Military career Nacionalista Party 2nd district of Ilocos Norte (1949–1959) President of the Senate of the Philippines Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Marcos propaganda
Presidency (1965–1986)	Executive orders Vietnam War Moro conflict Sabah claim Operation Merdeka and Jabidah massacre Establishment of the MNLF Manili massacre 1976 Tripoli Agreement Pata Island massacre ASEAN Declaration Communist Party of the Philippines New People's Army Communist armed conflicts 1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis First Quarter Storm 1971 constitutional convention Plaza Miranda bombing Proclamation No. 1081 New Society Rolex 12 Integrated Reorganization Plan 1973 constitution Palimbang massacre Green Revolution Thrilla in Manila Metro Manila Tictapul massacre Creation of the Municipality of Kalayaan Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa Assassination of Ninoy Aquino 1980s debt crisis Binondo Central Bank Negros famine Escalante massacre Philippine economic history during the Marcos dictatorship Philippine military history during the Marcos dictatorship NAMFREL People Power Revolution
Post-presidency	1st district of Leyte (1995–1998) Operation Big Bird Burial Historical distortion Solid North
Kleptocracy	Unexplained wealth of the Marcos family Marcos mansions Marcos jewels Overseas landholdings of the Marcos family Japanese Official Development Assistance scandal Coco Levy Fund scam Golden Buddha theft BNPP kickbacks
Controversies	Human rights abuses Fake war claims and fake medals Cronies Edifice complex Cult of personality Death of Alfie Anido Affair with Dovie Beams Murder of Archimedes Trajano Manila Film Center disaster
Elections	1949 1963 1965 1967 1969 1970 1971 1973 (Jan) 1973 (Jul) 1975 (KB) 1975 (SB) 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 (SP) 1980 (KB) 1981 (Apr) 1981 (Jun) 1982 (B) 1984 parliamentary 1984 plebiscite 1986 1992 1995 1998 2010 2013 2016 Bongbong Marcos vice presidential campaign 2019 2022 Bongbong Marcos presidential campaign
Cultural depictions	Iginuhit ng Tadhana (The Ferdinand E. Marcos Story) Kumander Dante A Dangerous Life Batas Militar Chavit Here Lies Love The Kingmaker Maid in Malacañang Martyr or Murderer
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