Philippine Senate election, 1965

November 9, 1965

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Arturo Tolentino	Ambrosio Padilla	Lorenzo Tañada
Party	Nacionalista	Liberal	NCP
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats before	11	10	1
Seats after	11	10	1
Seat change
Popular vote	21,619,502	23,158,197	3,014,618
Percentage	43.8%	46.9%	6.1%
Swing	6.4%	2.8%	6.1%

Senate President before election

Ferdinand Marcos
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Arturo Tolentino
Nacionalista

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A senatorial election was held on November 9, 1965 in the Philippines. The Nacionalista Party wrestled back control of the Senate; originally a Liberal, Senate President Ferdinand Marcos defected to the Nacionalistas, became their presidential candidate and won this year's election. The Nacionalistas also won 5 of the 8 seats contested in this year's Senate election to get the plurality (12) of the seats in the 24-member senate.

Results

Per candidate

Summary of the November 9, 1965 Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Jovito Salonga	Liberal	3,629,834	47.7%
2	Alejandro Almendras	Nacionalista	3,472,689	45.6%
3	Genaro Magsaysay	Nacionalista	3,463,459	45.5%
4	Sergio Osmeña, Jr.	Liberal	3,234,966	42.5%
5	Eva Estrada-Kalaw	Nacionalista	3,190,700	41.9%
6	Dominador Aytona	Nacionalista	3,037,666	39.9%
7	Lorenzo Tañada	NCP	3,014,618	39.6%
8	Wenceslao Lagumbay	Nacionalista	2,972,525	39.1%

9	Cesar Climaco	Liberal	2,968,958	39.0%
10	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal	2,846,320	37.4%
11	Constancio Castañeda	Nacionalista	2,814,032	37.0%
12	Ramon Bagatsing	Liberal	2,774,621	36.5%
13	Bartolome Cabangbang	Nacionalista	2,668,431	35.1%
14	Alejandro Roces	Liberal	2,663,852	35.0%
15	Ramon Diaz	Liberal	2,620,073	34.4%
16	Lucas Paredes	Liberal	2,419,573	31.8%
17	Vicente Araneta	Progressive	500,795	6.6%
18	Amelio Mutuc	Independent	413,074	5.4%
19	Jose Feria	Progressive	335,119	4.4%
20	Benjamin Gaston	Progressive	149,057	2.0%
21	Dionisio Ojeda	Progressive	143,681	1.9%
22	Magdaleno Estrada	New Leaf Party	8,766	0.1%
23	Epifanio Talania	Partido ng Bansa	3,007	0.0%
24	Vicente Baldovino	Partido ng Bansa	1,945	0.0%
25	German Carbonel	Partido ng Bansa	1,830	0.0%
26	Toribia S. Valino	Partido ng Bansa	1,750	0.0%
27	Jose Villavisa	Partido ng Bansa	1,604	0.0%
28	Teodoro Gosuico Sr.	Partido ng Bansa	1,153	0.0%
29	Genovevo Baynosa	New Leaf Party	1,101	0.0%
30	Leoncio Wico Pagdanganan	Partido ng Bansa	113	0.0%
Total turnout			7,610,051	76.4%
Total votes			49,355,332	N/A
Registered voters			9,962,345	100.0%
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for senator.			Source:^[1]

Per party

Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
	Liberal	23,158,197	46.9%	2.8%	5	11	11	45.1%
	Nacionalista	21,619,502	43.8%	6.4%	2	12	12	50.0%
	NCP	3,014,618	6.1%	6.1%	1	1	1	4.2%
	Progressive	1,128,675	2.3%	2.3%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Partido ng Bansa	11,402	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
	New Leaf	9,867	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Independent	413,071	0.8%	0.8%	0	0	0	0.0%
Totals		49,355,332	100%	—	8	24	24	100.0%

References

↑ Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann, ed. Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.

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