Philippine general election, 1965

Presidential, legislative and local elections ere 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]

e • d **Summary of the November 9, 1965 Philippine presidential election results**
Candidate	Party		Results
Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Ferdinand Marcos		Nacionalista	3,861,324	51.94%
Diosdado Macapagal		Liberal	3,187,752	42.88%
Raul Manglapus		Progressive	384,564	5.17%
Gaudencio Bueno		New Leaf	199	0.01%
Aniceto A. Hidalgo		NLP	156
Segundo B. Baldovi		Partido ng Bansa	139
Nic V. Garces		People's Progressive Democratic	130
German F. Villanueva		Independent	106
Guillermo M. Mercado		Labor	27
Antonio Nicolas Jr.		Allied	27
Blandino P. Ruan		Philippine Pro-Socialist	6
Praxedes Floro		Independent	1
Valid votes			7,434,431	97.7%
Invalid votes			175,620	2.3%
Votes cast			7,610,051	76.4%
Registered voters			9,962,345	100.00%

e • d **Summary of the November 9, 1965 Philippine Senate election result**
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Jovito Salonga	Liberal	3,629,834	47.7%
2	Alejandro Almendras	Nacionalista	3,472,689	45.6%
3	Genaro Magsaysay	Nacionalista	3,463,459	45.5%
4	Sergio Osmeña, Jr.	Liberal	3,234,966	42.5%
5	Eva Estrada-Kalaw	Nacionalista	3,190,700	41.9%
6	Dominador Aytona	Nacionalista	3,037,666	39.9%
7	Lorenzo Tañada	NCP	3,014,618	39.6%
8	Wenceslao Lagumbay	Nacionalista	2,972,525	39.1%

9	Cesar Climaco	Liberal	2,968,958	39.0%
10	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal	2,846,320	37.4%
11	Constancio Castañeda	Nacionalista	2,814,032	37.0%
12	Ramon Bagatsing	Liberal	2,774,621	36.5%
13	Bartolome Cabangbang	Nacionalista	2,668,431	35.1%
14	Alejandro Roces	Liberal	2,663,852	35.0%
15	Ramon Diaz	Liberal	2,620,073	34.4%
16	Lucas Paredes	Liberal	2,419,573	31.8%
17	Vicente Araneta	Progressive	500,795	6.6%
18	Amelio Mutuc	Independent	413,074	5.4%
19	Jose Feria	Progressive	335,119	4.4%
20	Benjamin Gaston	Progressive	149,057	2.0%
21	Dionisio Ojeda	Progressive	143,681	1.9%
22	Magdaleno Estrada	New Leaf Party	8,766	0.1%
23	Epifanio Talania	Partido ng Bansa	3,007	0.0%
24	Vicente Baldovino	Partido ng Bansa	1,945	0.0%
25	German Carbonel	Partido ng Bansa	1,830	0.0%
26	Toribia S. Valino	Partido ng Bansa	1,750	0.0%
27	Jose Villavisa	Partido ng Bansa	1,604	0.0%
28	Teodoro Gosuico Sr.	Partido ng Bansa	1,153	0.0%
29	Genovevo Baynosa	New Leaf Party	1,101	0.0%
30	Leoncio Wico Pagdanganan	Partido ng Bansa	113	0.0%
Total turnout			7,610,051	76.4%
Total votes			49,355,332	N/A
Registered voters			9,962,345	100.0%
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for senator.			Source:^[1]

e • d **Summary of the November 19, 1965 Philippine House of Representatives election results**
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats won
Parties and coalitions		Total	%	Swing	Total	%	+/−
	Liberal	3,721,460	51.32%	17.61%	61	58.65%	32
	Nacionalista	3,028,224	41.76%	19.26%	38	36.54%	36
	Independent Liberal	107,001	1.48%	0.74%	0	0.00%
	Independent Nacionalista	71,955	0.99%	0.37%	0	0.00%
	Progressive	41,983	0.58%	0.58%	0	0.00%
	Young Philippines	12,479	0.18%	0.18%	0	0.00%
	Republican	85	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%
	Independent	268,327	3.70%	0.08%	5	4.81%	4
Totals		7,251,514	100.00%	--	104	100.00%	2
Source: Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

^ Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann, ed. Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.