Philippine Senate election, 1969

November 11, 1969

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

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Gil Puyat	Gerardo Roxas
Party	Nacionalista	Liberal
Leader's seat	Nationwide at-large	Nationwide at-large
Seats before	16	7
Seats after	18	5
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	32,726,305	21,060,474
Percentage	60.8%	39.1%
Swing	2.0%	2.0%

Senate President before election

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

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A senatorial election was held on November 11, 1969 in the Philippines. While incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines, and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines, their Nacionalista Party-mates also won six of the eight contested seats in the Philippine Senate increasing their majority in the Senate.

Results

Per candidate

**Summary of the November 11, 1969 Philippine Senate election result**
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista	4,826,809	58.8%
2	Gil Puyat	Nacionalista	4,609,233	56.2%
3	Jose Diokno	Nacionalista	4,566,353	55.7%
4	Lorenzo Sumulong	Nacionalista	4,204,044	51.3%
5	Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal	3,999,662	48.8%
6	Gerardo Roxas	Liberal	3,952,644	48.2%
7	Rene Espina	Nacionalista	3,668,334	44.7%
8	Mamintal Tamano	Nacionalista	3,458,193	42.2%

9	Rafael Palmares	Nacionalista	3,393,677	41.4%
10	Eddie Ilarde	Liberal	3,154,908	38.5%
11	Rodolfo Ganzon	Nacionalista	2,799,849	34.1%
12	Tecla S. Ziga	Liberal	2,742,113	33.4%
13	Juan Liwag	Liberal	2,355,377	28.7%
14	Gaudencio Mañalac	Liberal	2,250,665	27.4%
15	Manuel Cases	Liberal	1,909,248	23.3%
16	Vincenzo Sagun	Liberal	1,891,827	23.1%
17	Roger Nite	Partido Bagong Pilipino	9,087	0.1%
18	Ernesto Hidalgo	NP	7,321	0.1%
19	Marcelina M. Angeles	Partido ng Bansa	5,192	0.1%
20	Antonio Mendoza	LP	3,843	0.0%
21	Elsie Bawisan	Partido ng Bansa	2,176	0.0%
22	Petronilo Cordero	Partido ng Bansa	1,983	0.0%
23	Avelina Pulido	Partido ng Bansa	1,837	0.0%
24	Tanni Ibarra	Partido ng Bansa	1,624	0.0%
25	Tomas Talania	Partido ng Bansa	1,477	0.0%
26	Mauro Macaso	Partido ng Bansa	1,443	0.0%
27	Alejandro Gador	Partido ng Mangagawa/Labor Party	1,440	0.0%
28	Estrada Jakosalem	New Leaf Party	947	0.0%
29	Leopoldo Relayson	Partido ng Bansa	793	0.0%
Total turnout			8,202,793	79.6%
Total votes			53,822,099	N/A
Registered voters			10,300,898	100.0%
Note: A total of 29 candidates ran for senator.			Source:^[1]

Per party

Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
	Nacionalista	32,726,305	55.8%	5.1%	6	16	19	79.2%	3
	Liberal	21,060,474	39.1%	2.1%	2	11	7	45.1%	3
	Partido ng Bansa	16,525	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Bagong Pilipinas	9,087	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
	Labor	1,440	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
	NCP	0	0.0%	6.1%	0	1	1	4.2%
	Independent	7,321	0.0%	6.3%	0	0	1	4.2%	1
Totals		53,822,099	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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