Philippine Senate election, 1971

Philippine Senate election, 1971
November 8, 1971
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 18 5
Seats after 16 8
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 3
Popular vote 24,819,175 33,469,677
Percentage 42.6% 57.4%
Swing Decrease 18.2% Increase 18.3%
Senate President before election

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

 Elected Senate President

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

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A senatorial election were held in the Philippines on November 8, 1971. The opposition Liberal Party took 5 seats in the Philippine Senate while 3 seats were taken by the Nacionalista Party, the administration party; a consequence of the Plaza Miranda bombing on August 21, 1971 which wounded all the Liberal Party's candidates and almost took the lives of John Henry Osmeña and Jovito Salonga. Their terms as senators were cut short due to the declaration of martial law by Philippines Ferdinand Marcos on September 23, 1972.

Due to the ratification of a new constitution in 1973, Senate was abolished and the unicameral parliamentary Batasang Pambansa was instituted. In 1986, a new constitution was approved in 1987 that reverted the bicameral setup. This means that this would be the last election for the Senate until the 1987 election.

Results

Per party

 Summary of the November 8, 1971, Philippine Senate election result
Rank Candidate Party Votes %
1 Jovito Salonga Liberal 5,620,27259.7%
2 Genaro Magsaysay Liberal 4,756,37650.5%
3 John Henry Osmeña Liberal 4,668,09249.6%
4 Eddie Ilarde Liberal 4,548,06948.3%
5 Eva Estrada-Kalaw Nacionalista* 4,464,36747.4%
6 Ramon Mitra Jr. Liberal 3,916,83341.6%
7 Ernesto Maceda Nacionalista 3,592,55938.1%
8 Alejandro Almendras Nacionalista 3,427,98536.4%
9Manuel Elizalde Jr. Nacionalista3,407,27636.2%
10Melanio Singson Liberal3,130,33233.2%
11Dominador Aytona Nacionalista3,119,99533.1%
12Juan Ponce Enrile Nacionalista3,044,46132.3%
13Salipada K. Pendatun Liberal2,885,33630.6%
14Blas Ople Nacionalista2,654,06728.2%
15Leonila D. Garcia Nacionalista2,473,68426.3%
16Cipriano Tito Primicias Jr. Nacionalista2,099,14822.3%
Total turnout9,419,56880.8%
Total votes58,288,852N/A
Registered voters11,661,909100.0%
Note: A total of 16 candidates ran for senator. Source:[1]

*Liberal Party's guest candidate.

Per party

PartyPopular voteSeats
Total%SwingWonBeforeAfter%+/−
Liberal 33,469,67757.4%Increase 18.3%54833.3%Increase 4
Nacionalista 24,819,17542.6%Decrease 18.2%3191666.7%Decrease 3
NCP 00.0%Steady0100.0%Decrease 1
Totals58,288,852100%—82424100.0%Steady

References

  1. ↑ {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.

See also

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