Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1965

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1965
Philippines
November 19, 1965

All 104 seats in the House of Representatives
53 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Cornelio Villareal Jose Laurel, Jr.
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Leader's seat Capiz–2nd Batangas–3rd
Last election 29 seats 74 seats
Seats won 61 38
Seat change Increase 32 Decrease 36
Popular vote 3,721,460 3,028,224
Percentage 51.32% 41.76%
Swing Increase 17.61% Decrease 19.26%

Speaker before election

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

Elected Speaker

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

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The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 19, 1965. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Diosdado Macapagal's Liberal Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1] However, despite Ferdinand Marcos of the opposition Nacionalista Party winning the presidential election, the majority of the elected Liberal Party congressmen did not switch sides to the Nacionalista Party. This led to Cornelio Villareal on being retained as Speaker of the House after retaking it from Daniel Romualdez midway during the previous Congress.

The elected representatives will serve in the 6th Congress from 1965 to 1969.

Results

 Summary of the November 19, 1965 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats won
Total % Swing Total % +/
Liberal 3,721,460 51.32% Increase 17.61% 61 58.65% Increase 32
Nacionalista 3,028,224 41.76% Decrease 19.26% 38 36.54% Decrease 36
Independent Liberal 107,001 1.48% Increase 0.74% 0 0.00% Steady
Independent Nacionalista 71,955 0.99% Increase 0.37% 0 0.00% Steady
Progressive 41,983 0.58% Increase 0.58% 0 0.00% Steady
Young Philippines 12,479 0.18% Increase 0.18% 0 0.00% Steady
Republican 85 0.00% Increase 0.00% 0 0.00% Steady
Independent 268,327 3.70% Decrease 0.08% 5 4.81% Increase 4
Totals 7,251,514 100.00% -- 104 100.00% Increase 2
Source: Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-11. 

See also

References

  1. Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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