1967 Philippine Senate election

1967 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Gil Puyat; Nacionalista	Elected Senate President ; Gil Puyat; Nacionalista

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

Liberal Party

Both were originally elected under the Progressive Party banner in 1961.

Nacionalista Party

Lorenzo Sumulong

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	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡^	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	LP	Ind	NP						Not up
After 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


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jose Roy	Nacionalista Party	4,116,549	51.73
	Benigno Aquino Jr.	Liberal Party	3,940,529	49.52
	Magnolia Antonino^[a]	Nacionalista Party (independent)^[b]	3,466,676	43.57
	Salvador Laurel	Nacionalista Party	3,459,870	43.48
	Leonardo Perez	Nacionalista Party	3,440,011	43.23
	Emmanuel Pelaez	Nacionalista Party	3,437,135	43.20
	Lorenzo Teves	Nacionalista Party	3,393,952	42.65
	Helena Benitez	Nacionalista Party	3,305,585	41.54
	Emilio Espinosa Jr.	Nacionalista Party	3,148,904	39.57
	Fernando R. Veloso	Nacionalista Party	2,935,418	36.89
	Maria Kalaw Katigbak	Liberal Party	2,434,856	30.60
	Soc Rodrigo	Liberal Party	2,153,849	27.07
	Felixberto Serrano	Liberal Party	2,133,150	26.81
	Camilo Osías	Liberal Party	1,991,663	25.03
	Hilarion Henares Jr.	Liberal Party	1,959,639	24.63
	Roseller T. Lim	Liberal Party	1,790,741	22.51
	Jose Briones	Liberal Party	1,678,178	21.09
	Asaad Usman	Liberal Party (independent)^[c]	33,642	0.42
	Antonio Mendoza	Liberal Party	11,679	0.15
	Victorina Cruz	Partido ng Bansa	7,584	0.10
	Marcelina Angeles	Partido ng Bansa	3,104	0.04
	Paquito Alipio	Partido ng Bansa	2,776	0.03
	Segundo Baldon	Partido ng Bansa	2,516	0.03
	Victoriano Villaflor	Partido ng Bansa	2,306	0.03
	Amado Ordinario	Partido ng Bansa	2,011	0.03
	Jose Villavisa	Partido ng Bansa	1,722	0.02
	Sergio Olidan	Partido ng Bansa	1,538	0.02
	Francisco Quines	Republican Party	269	0.00
	Cayetano Bartolini	Independent	160	0.00
Total			48,856,012	100.00

Total votes			7,957,019	–
Registered voters/turnout			9,744,604	81.66
Source: ^[1]

^ Substituted for her husband Gaudencio Antonino who died a day before the election.
^ Guest candidate of the Nacionalista Party
^ Guest candidate of the Liberal Party

Per party



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	27,237,424	55.75	+11.95	2	11	6	15	+4
	Liberal Party	18,094,284	37.04	−9.89	5	11	1	7	−4
	Nacionalista Party (independent)	3,466,676	7.10	New	0	0	1	1	+1
	Liberal Party (independent)	33,642	0.07	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Partido ng Bansa	23,557	0.05	+0.02	0	0	0	0	0
	Republican Party	269	0.00	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	160	0.00	−0.84	0	0	0	0	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party				0	1	0	1	0
Vacancy					1	1	0	0	−1
Total		48,856,012	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0

Total votes		7,957,019	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,744,604	81.66
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

Vote share

NP			55.75%
LP			37.04%
Others			7.21%

Senate seats

NP			75.00%
LP			12.50%
Others			12.50%

Defeated incumbents

Maria Kalaw Katigbak (Liberal) retired from politics
Camilo Osias (Liberal) retired from politics
Soc Rodrigo (Liberal) retired from politics

References

^ Report of the Commission on Elections to the President and the Congress of the Philippines. Manila: Bureau of Print. 1969. p. 220.

External links

[1] Substituted for her husband Gaudencio Antonino who died a day before the election.

[2] Guest candidate of the Nacionalista Party

[3] Guest candidate of the Liberal Party

[4] Report of the Commission on Elections to the President and the Congress of the Philippines. Manila: Bureau of Print. 1969. p. 220.

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