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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

President

Main article: 1965 Philippine presidential election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ferdinand MarcosNacionalista Party3,861,32451.94
Diosdado MacapagalLiberal Party3,187,75242.88
Raul ManglapusParty for Philippine Progress384,5645.17
Gaudencio BuenoNew Leaf Party1990.00
Aniceto A. HidalgoNew Leaf Party1560.00
Segundo BaldovePartido ng Bansa1390.00
Nic V. GarcesPeople’s Progressive Democratic Party1300.00
German F. VillanuevaIndependent1060.00
Guillermo M. MercadoLaborer Party270.00
Antonio Nicolas Jr.Allied Party270.00
Blandino P. RuanIndependent60.00
Praxedes FloroIndependent10.00
Total7,434,431100.00
Valid votes7,434,43197.69
Invalid/blank votes175,6202.31
Total votes7,610,051100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1]

Vice-President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Fernando LopezNacionalista Party3,531,55048.48
Gerardo RoxasLiberal Party3,504,82648.11
Manuel ManahanParty for Philippine Progress247,4263.40
Gonzalo D. VasquezReformist Party of the Philippines6440.01
Severo CapalesNew Leaf Party1930.00
Eleodoro SalvadorPartido ng Bansa1720.00
Total7,284,811100.00
Valid votes7,284,81195.73
Invalid/blank votes325,2404.27
Total votes7,610,051100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]

Senate

Main article: 1965 Philippine Senate election
Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
  Nacionalista Party
  Liberal Party
  Progressive Party
  Nationalist Citizens' Party
e • d Summary of the November 9, 1965 Philippine Senate election result
Rank Candidate Party 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:[3]

House of Representatives

Main article: 1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Liberal Party3,721,46051.32+17.6161+32
Nacionalista Party3,028,22441.76−19.2638−36
Independent Liberal107,0011.48+0.741New
Independent Nacionalista71,9550.99+0.361New
Party for Philippine Progress41,9830.58+0.5800
Young Philippines12,4790.17New00
Republican Party850.00New00
Independent268,3273.70−0.083+2
Total7,251,514100.00–1040
Valid votes7,251,51495.29−0.12
Invalid/blank votes358,5374.71+0.12
Total votes7,610,051100.00–
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39−3.04
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[4] and Teehankee[5]

Local plebiscites

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

References

  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. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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..
  5. ^ 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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