1967 Philippine Senate election

20th Philippine senatorial election 1967 Philippine Senate election Philippines legislative no 1965 Philippine Senate election 1965 1969 Philippine Senate election 1969 November 14, 1967 8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 Gil Puyat photo.jpg Gil Puyat Nacionalista Party 11 (2 up) 6 15 4 27,237,424 55.75 11.95 Ambrosio Padilla.jpg Ambrosio Padilla Liberal Party (Philippines) 11 (5 up) 1 7 4 18,094,284 37.04 9.89 Magnolia Welborn-Antonino.jpg Magnolia Antonino Independent Nacionalista 0 1 1 1 3,466,676 7.10 7.10 Senate President Gil Puyat Nacionalista Party Gil Puyat Nacionalista Party A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1967, in the Philippines. The 1967 election for the members of the Philippine Senate were also known as the 1967 midterm election, as the date where the elected candidates take office falls halfway through President Ferdinand Marcos' four-year term. The administration Nacionalista Party won seven seats in the Philippine Senate while the Liberal Party won one seat; the Nacionalistas got the majority in the Senate after having twelve of the 24 seats in the Senate prior to the election. 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 1961; 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 Manuel Manahan (Liberal), retired from politics Raul Manglapus (Liberal), ran for senator in 1987 and won Lorenzo Sumulong (Nacionalista), ran for senator in 1969 and won Mid-term vacancies Gaudencio Antonino (Nacionalista), died on November 13, 1967 Results The Nacionalista Party won seven seats, while the Liberal Party won one. Jose Roy of the Nacionalistas garnered the highest number of votes and was the sole incumbent to defend his seat. Six winners are neophyte senators. These are the Nacionalistas' Helena Benitez, Salvador Laurel and Leonardo Perez, the Liberals' sole winner Benigno Aquino Jr., and independent candidate Magnolia Antonino, who was the wife of Senator Gaudencio Antonino of the Nacionalistas (originally elected as a Liberal) who died on election eve. She substituted for him and won the election. Emmanuel Pelaez returns to the Senate, this time under the banner of the Nacionalistas, after last serving in 1959 as a Progressive. Three Liberal senators lost their seats: Maria Kalaw Katigbak, Camilo Osias, and Soc Rodrigo. 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 upLPNP (I)NPNot 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 27237424 +11.95 2 11 6 15 +4 Liberal Party 18094284 −9.89 5 11 1 7 −4 Nacionalista Party (independent) 3466676 New 0 0 1 1 +1 Liberal Party (independent) 33642 New 0 0 0 0 0 Partido ng Bansa 23557 +0.02 0 0 0 0 0 Republican Party 269 New 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 160 −0.84 0 0 0 0 0 Nationalist Citizens' Party 0 1 0 1 0 Vacancy 1 1 0 0 −1 8 24 8 24 0 7957019 9744604 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 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 Nacionalista Nacionalista Party 55.75 Liberal Liberal Party (Philippines) 37.04 Others gray 7.21 Senate seats #ddd 600px 410px Nacionalista Nacionalista Party 75.00 Liberal Liberal Party (Philippines) 12.50 Others gray 12.50 Defeated incumbents Maria Kalaw Katigbak (Liberal), retired from politics Camilo Osias (Liberal), retired from politics Soc Rodrigo (Liberal), retired from politics See also Also held on this day: 1967 Philippine constitutional plebiscite 1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections (Davao del Sur's at-large district, Davao Oriental's at-large district, Ilocos Norte's 1st district, Northern Samar's at-large district and South Cotabato's at-large district) 1967 Philippine local elections 1967 Agusan division plebiscite 6th Congress of the Philippines References External links Official website of the Commission on Elections Image snapshot 1967 Category:1967 elections in the Philippines