1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

The elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 9, 1965. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Diosdado Macapagal's Liberal Party, won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1] Despite Ferdinand Marcos of the opposition Nacionalista Party winning the presidential election, Liberal Party congressmen did not defect to the Nacionalista Party. This led to Cornelio Villareal being retained Speaker of the House after retaking it from Daniel Romualdez midway during the previous Congress.

1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections
November 9, 1965
All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
53 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
NP
Leader Cornelio Villareal José Laurel, Jr.
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Leader's seat Capiz–2nd Batangas–3rd
Last election 29 seats, 33.71% 74 seats, 61.02%
Seats won 61 38
Seat change 32 36
Popular vote 3,721,460 3,028,224
Percentage 51.32% 41.76%
Swing 17.61% 19.26%
Speaker before election

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

 Elected Speaker

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

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

Results

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

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61 38 5
51.32% 41.76% 6.17%
Liberal Nacionalista [1]
1 Others
No seats won: 0.75% (white)
 Summary of the November 9, 1965 Philippine House of Representatives election results
Party Popular vote Seats won
Total%SwingTotal%+/−
Liberal 3,721,46051.32% 17.61%6158.65% 32
Nacionalista 3,028,22441.76% 19.26%3836.54% 36
Independent Liberal107,0011.48% 0.74%10.96% 1
Independent Nacionalista71,9550.99% 0.36%10.96% 1
Party for Philippine Progress 41,9830.58% 0.58%00.00%
Young Philippines12,4790.17% 0.18%00.00%
Republican850.00% 0.00%00.00%
Independent 268,3273.70% 0.08%32.88% 2
Total 7,251,514100%104100%
Valid votes7,251,51495.29%
Invalid votes358,5374.71%
Total turnout7,610,05179.39%
Registered voters9,962,345100%
Sources: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.
& Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

See also

References
  1. Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  • The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
  • Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
  • Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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