1963 Philippine Senate election

18th Philippine senatorial election 1963 Philippine Senate election Philippines legislative no 1961 Philippine Senate election 1961 1965 Philippine Senate election 1965 November 12, 1963 8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg Eulogio Rodriguez Nacionalista Party 13 (6 up) 4 11 2 22,983,457 50.17 5.10 Senator Ferdinand E. Marcos.jpg Ferdinand Marcos Liberal Party (Philippines) 8 (2 up) 4 10 2 22,794,310 49.76 11.88 Senate President Ferdinand Marcos Liberal Party (Philippines) Ferdinand Marcos Liberal Party (Philippines) A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1963 in the Philippines. The 1963 elections were known as a midterm election as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Diosdado Macapagal's four-year term. The Liberal Party won control of the chamber after having ten seats out of the 24-member Senate, as the 2-member Grand Alliance (the old Progressive Party) were caucusing with them, plus Alejandro Almendras of the Nacionalistas who personally supported Senate President Ferdinand Marcos. Electoral system Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1957; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election. Retiring incumbents Oscar Ledesma (Nacionalista), appointed as ambassador to the United States in 1964 Results The Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party each won four seats. Nacionalistas Arturo Tolentino and Gil Puyat, and Liberal Ambrosio Padilla all defended their seats. Five winners are neophyte senators. These are Juan Liwag, Gerry Roxas and Tecla San Andres Ziga of the Liberal Party, and the Nacionalistas' José W. Diokno and Rodolfo Ganzon. Incumbent Nacionalista senators Eulogio Balao, Roseller T. Lim and Cipriano Primicias Sr., and Rogelio de la Rosa of the Liberal Party all lost. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24Before election‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡Election resultNot upLPNPNot upAfter election√ * + +**√√Key: ‡ Seats up + Gained by a party from another party √ Held by the incumbent * Held by the same party with a new senator ^ Vacancy Per candidate Per party Up Before Won After +/− 300px Nacionalista Party 22983462 +5.10 6 13 4 11 −2 Liberal Party 22794310 +11.88 2 8 4 10 +2 Independent 34698 −0.36 0 0 0 0 0 Progressive Party 0 2 0 2 0 Nationalist Citizens' Party 0 1 0 1 0 8 24 8 24 0 7712019 9691121 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 15 November 2001 OUP Oxford 9780199249596 https://books.google.com/books?id=YK8SDAAAQBAJElectoral Politics in the Philippines Julio Teehankee http://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Electoral%20Politics%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf quezon.ph Vote share #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 50.17 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 49.76 Others gray 0.08 Senate seats #ddd 600px 410px NP Nacionalista Party 50.00 LP Liberal Party (Philippines) 50.00 Others gray 0.00 Defeated incumbents Eulogio Balao (Nacionalista) retired from politics Rogelio de la Rosa (Liberal) appointed as ambassador to Cambodia in 1965 Roseller T. Lim (Nacionalista) ran in 1967 and lost, ran as delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1970 and won Cipriano Primicias Sr. (Nacionalista) retired from politics See also Also done on this day: 1963 Philippine local elections 1963 Philippine House of Representatives special elections (Batangas's 1st and Negros Occidental's 1st districts) 1963 Angeles cityhood plebiscite 1963 Pioduran creation plebiscite 5th Congress of the Philippines References External links Official website of the Commission on Elections 1963 Senate election