1965 Philippine Senate election

1965 Philippine Senate election
	November 9, 1965
	November 9, 1965
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Ferdinand Marcos; Nacionalista	Elected Senate President ; Arturo Tolentino; Nacionalista

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 five of the eight 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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[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.

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