1965 Iloilo's 3rd congressional district special election

1965 Iloilo's 3rd congressional district special election by-election Philippines 1936 Iloilo's 3rd congressional district no 1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections 1961 1969 Philippine House of Representatives elections 1969 November 9, 1965 Gloria Tabiana Gloria Montinola Tabiana.jpg Liberal Party (Philippines) 30,761 55.99 Domitilo Abordo 3x4.svg Nacionalista Party 24,156 30.17 Representative Representative-elect Ramon Tabiana Liberal Party (Philippines) Gloria Tabiana Liberal Party (Philippines) A special election was held for Iloilo's 3rd district seat to the House of Representatives of the Philippines on November 9, 1965. The erstwhile incumbent, Ramon Tabiana, died in office. The results of the general election held on November 9, 1965 then stood as the result for the special election as well, with the winner, Ramon's widow Gloria, sworn into office at the lame duck session of the outgoing 5th Congress, then served in the upcoming 6th Congress, as well. The district during this time consisted of central Iloilo municipalities of Cabatuan, Janiuay, Leon, New Lucena, Maasin, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, and Zarraga. Electoral system All seats in the House of Representatives were elected from single member districts, under the first-past-the-post voting system. Under the Revised Election Code, when a seat becomes vacant prior to ten months before the general election, the president, as soon as he is notified by the chamber where the vacancy occurred, shall call a special election. Results Former Finance secretary Rufino Hechanova was sent by the Liberal Party to assess which among their politicians can win in this district. It was discovered that only Ramon Tabiana's widow Gloria could win there, and was proclaimed by President Diosdado Macapagal as their candidate without benefit of a political convention. Tabiana faced former representative Domitilo Abordo in the election, and won in seven out of the ten towns in the district.Urera Vivencio (Bebeng) https://books.google.com/books?id=26seAAAAMAAJ&q=Philippine+Government+Elective+Officials:+Semi-pictorial+Directory Philippine Government Elective Officials: Semi-pictorial Directory Ureme Publishing Co, Ltd. 1966 2nd Manila 481965 Iloilo's 3rd congressional district special election/1965 Philippine House of Representatives election at Iloilo's 3rd congressional district Gloria Tabiana Liberal Party 30761 Domitilo Abordo Nacionalista Party 24156 Severino Simundo Republican Party (independent) 20 Liberal Party hold COMELECReport of the Commission on Elections to the President of the Philippines and the Congress on the Manner the Elections Were Held on November 9, 1965 Commission on Elections Bureau of Print 1967 Manila 300 English Tabiana was eventually re-elected in 1969 and served in Congress until the declaration of martial law on September 23, 1972. References Category:1965 elections in the Philippines Category:Politics of Iloilo Category:Special elections to the Congress of the Philippines Category:November 1965 in Asia