1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections

none 1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections Philippines 1936 legislative no 1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections 1965 1969 Philippine House of Representatives elections 1969 5 of 108 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines November 14, 1967 Nacionalista Party 5 144,093 68.68 Liberal Party (Philippines) 0 33,424 15.93 Independent Nacionalista 0 25,122 11.97 Five special elections (known as "by-elections" elsewhere) to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines, were held on November 14, 1967, along with the 1967 Philippine Senate election and the 1967 Philippine constitutional plebiscite. These were for vacancies in the 6th Congress of the Philippines; the winners were to serve the rest of the term, which had ended on December 30, 1969. Political parties were allowed to field multiple candidates per district; the Nacionalista Party won in all districts, mirroring their victory in the Senate election where they won six of the eight seats up. These were the last special elections until the proclamation of martial law by president Ferdinand Marcos in 1972. The next such special elections are to be in 1993, or seven years after Marcos was overthrown after the People Power Revolution. 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. The following seats were up for election Davao del Sur's at-large district Davao Oriental's at-large district Ilocos Norte's 1st district Northern Samar's at-large district South Cotabato's at-large district Background In the cases of the special elections in Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental, it was due to the creation of these new provinces from the original Davao province. The congressman from the old Davao's at-large congressional district was free to choose which province he'd continue as an incumbent on. Lorenzo Sarmiento chose to continue at Davao del Norte, another newly created province, necessitating special elections in the other two provinces. In South Cotabato, the law creating that province specified that the incumbent congressman of Cotabato's at-large congressional district (Salipada Pendatun) shall continue to serve as congressman of the original Cotabato province. In Ilocos Norte, incumbent Antonio Raquiza was appointed Secretary of Public Works, while in Northern Samar, incumbent Eladio Balite died in office, leaving both seats vacant. Special elections Nacionalista Party 144093 5 Liberal Party 33424 0 Nacionalista Party (independent) 25122 0 No party indicated 53 0 Independent 7111 0 Davao del Sur Davao del Sur's at-large congressional districtDavao del Sur was one of the provinces created from the division of the original Davao province. The governor of undivided Davao province, Alejandro Almendras, supported Artemio Loyola, then switched his support to Vicente Duterte.Dioneda Luc 2022-06-14 Notes from the Sidelines, №12: A Pit stop in Davao City https://medium.com/@lucian.dioneda/notes-from-the-sidelines-11-a-pit-stop-in-davao-city-b8db9dc93db3 2024-02-20 Medium en Duterte was then Secretary of General Services, had previously served as governor of Davao, and wanted to revive his political career, but was defeated by Loyola. Duterte died in 1968. 2016-03-18 The governors who ruled undivided Davao (1915–67) https://edgedavao.net/special-feature/2016/03/18/the-governors-who-ruled-undivided-davao-191567/ 2024-02-20 Davao Edge en-US 1967 Davao del Sur's at-large congressional district special election Artemio Loyola Nacionalista Party 32096 Vicente Duterte Nacionalista Party (independent) 23922 Celestino Cortes 1 Nacionalista Party (independent) 1200 8174 14.29 Nacionalista Party win (new seat) COMELEChttps://books.google.com/books?id=kTsTAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Report+of+the+Commission+on+Elections+to+the+President+of+the+Philippines%22 Report of the Commission on Elections to the President of the Philippines and the Congress Bureau of Print 506Loyola remained House representative until the declaration of martial law in 1972. Davao Oriental Davao Oriental's at-large congressional districtDavao Oriental was one of the provinces created from the division of the original Davao province. 1967 Davao Oriental's at-large congressional district special election Constancio Maglana Nacionalista Party 18512 Galileo Sibala 1 Liberal Party 4385 Carlos Ilustre 1 Nacionalista Party 587 14127 60.16 Nacionalista Party win (new seat) COMELECMaglana remained House representative until the declaration of martial law in 1972. Ilocos Norte's 1st district Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional districtIncumbent Antonio Raquiza was appointed Secretary of Public Works on August 24, 1966. Ilocos Norte Provincial Board Member Roque Ablan Jr. was elected to replace Raquiza in the special election. 1967 Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district special election Roque Ablan Jr. Nacionalista Party 23500 Perfecto Llacar 1 Liberal Party 4501 Arturo Romero 1 Liberal Party 2391 18999 62.51 Nacionalista Party gain from Liberal Party COMELECAblan remained House representative until the declaration of martial law in 1972. Ablan retook the district once it was recreated in 1987, and served until 1998 when he was term-limited. Ablan was elected again in 2001 and served until 2010. Northern Samar Northern Samar's at-large congressional district Incumbent Eladio Balite died in office on August 24, 1967. Balite himself entered Congress by winning a special election in 1955 for Samar's 1st congressional district, most of which would later become Northern Samar. 1967 Northern Samar's at-large congressional district special election Eusebio Moore Nacionalista Party 18064 Raul Daza Nacionalista Party 12110 Macario Vicencio 1 Liberal Party 8099 Jose Peña 1 Nacionalista Party 233 5954 15.46 Nacionalista Party gain from Liberal Party COMELECMoore was defeated by Daza in the 1969 regular election, who then remained House representative until the declaration of martial law in 1972. South Cotabato South Cotabato's at-large congressional district South Cotabato was created from the division of the original Cotabato province. 1967 South Cotabato's at-large congressional district special election James Chiongbian Nacionalista Party 22962 Hilario De Pedro 1 Nacionalista Party 16029 Cornelio Falgui 1 Liberal Party 14048 Rufino Malunjao Sr. 1 Independent 5003 Jesus Quintillian 1 Independent 2108 Dominador Soriano 1 Party affiliation not indicated in certificate of candidacy 1967spelex 53 Mauro Tudio 1 Liberal Party 0 6933 11.52 Nacionalista Party win (new seat) COMELEC 1967spelex Among the elections on this day, this district had the smallest margin, percentage-wise. Chiongbian remained House representative until the declaration of martial law in 1972, and after Congress was restored in 1987, he continued to serve as representative for South Cotabato's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 1995 and for the new province of Sarangani's lone district from 1995 to 1998. References External links Republic Act No. 4849, or An Act Creating the Province of South Cotabato Republic Act No. 4867, or An Act Creating the Provinces of Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental Proclamation No. 249, s. 1967, calling for a special election in Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district Proclamation No. 258, s. 1967, calling for a special election in Northern Samar's at-large congressional district Category:1967 elections in the Philippines Category:Elections in Davao del Sur Category:Politics of Davao Oriental Category:Politics of Ilocos Norte Category:Politics of Northern Samar Category:Politics of South Cotabato Category:Special elections to the Congress of the Philippines