Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1969

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1969
Philippines
November 11, 1969

All 110 seats in the House of Representatives
56 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jose Laurel, Jr. Justiniano Montano
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Leader's seat Capiz–2nd Cavite-Lone
Last election 38 seats 61 seats
Seats won 88 18
Seat change Increase 50 Decrease43
Popular vote 4,590,374 2,641,786
Percentage 58.93% 41.76%
Swing Increase 17.17% Decrease 19.26%

Speaker before election

Jose Laurel, Jr.
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Jose Laurel, Jr.
Nacionalista

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The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 11, 1969. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Ferdinand Marcos's Nacionalista Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1]

The elected representatives will serve in the 7th Congress from 1969 to 1973, although it was cut short due to the proclamation of martial law on September 23, 1972 by president Marcos. The proclamation suspended the constitution and closed both chambers of Congress, which allowed Marcos to rule by decree. The Constitutional Convention then passed a new constitution, which was approved by the electorate in a 1973 plebiscite that abolished the bicameral Congress and instead instituted a unicameral Batasang Pambansa (National Legislature or the parliament).

Marcos was overthrown in the People Power Revolution in 1986 and a new constitution was approved on a 1987 plebiscite which restored the bicameral Congress. The first elections for the restored House of Representatives would be on 1987.

Results

 Summary of the November 11, 1969 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats won
Total % Swing Total % +/
Nacionalista 4,590,374 58.93% Increase 17.17% 88 80.00% Increase 50
Liberal 2,641,786 33.91% Decrease 17.41% 18 16.36% Decrease 43
Independent Nacionalista 129,424 1.66% Increase 0.67% 0 0.00% Steady
Independent Liberal 24,546 0.32% Decrease 1.16% 0 0.00% Steady
Progressive 5,031 0.06% Decrease 0.06% 0 0.00% Steady
Young Philippines 3,917 0.05% Decrease 0.12% 0 0.00% Steady
Reformist 43 0.00% Increase 0.00% 0 0.00% Steady
Independent 394,700 5.07% Increase 1.37% 4 3.64% Decrease 1
Total 7,789,821 100.00% -- 110 100.00% Increase 6
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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