1963 Philippine Senate election

1963 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Ferdinand Marcos; Liberal	Elected Senate President ; Ferdinand Marcos; Liberal

A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1963 in the Philippines. The 1963 elections were known as a midterm election as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Diosdado Macapagal's four-year term.

The Liberal Party won control of the chamber after having ten seats out of the 24-member Senate, as the 2-member Grand Alliance (the old Progressive Party) were caucusing with them, plus Alejandro Almendras of the Nacionalistas who personally supported Senate President Ferdinand Marcos.

Retiring incumbents[]

Nacionalista Party[]

Results[]

The Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party each won four seats.

Nacionalistas Arturo Tolentino and Gil Puyat, and Liberal Ambrosio Padilla all defended their seats.

Five winners are neophyte senators. These are Juan Liwag, Gerardo Roxas and Tecla San Andres Ziga of the Liberal Party, and the Nacionalistas' Jose Diokno and .

Incumbent Nacionalista senators Eulogio Balao, Roseller T. Lim and Cipriano Primcias Sr., and Rogelio de la Rosa of the Liberal Party all lost.

	1	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	LP				NP				Not up
After election		√	*	+	+	*	*	√	√

Key:

‡ Seats up
+ Gained by a party from another party
√ Held by the incumbent
* Held by the same party with a new senator
^ Vacancy

Per candidate[]

• d Summary of the November 12, 1963, Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Gerardo Roxas	Liberal	3,623,385	47.0%
2	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista	3,570,619	46.3%
3	Jose Diokno	Nacionalista	3,422,828	44.4%
4	Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal	3,384,064	43.9%
5	Gil Puyat	Nacionalista	3,024,995	39.2%
6	Tecla San Andres Ziga	Liberal	3,014,686	39.1%
7		Nacionalista	2,708,385	35.1%
8	Juan R. Liwag	Liberal	2,704,222	35.1%

9	Roseller Lim	Nacionalista	2,655,866	34.4%
10	Cesar Climaco	Liberal	2,618,152	33.9%
11	Vicente L. Peralta	Nacionalista	2,605,605	33.8%
12	Bartolome Cabangbang	Nacionalista	2,572,830	33.4%
13	Manuel Cuenco	Liberal	2,495,180	32.4%
14	Eulogio Balao	Liberal	2,489,133	32.3%
15	Rogelio de la Rosa	Liberal	2,465,488	32.0%
16	Cipriano Primicias Sr.	Nacionalista	2,422,334	31.4%
17	Jacobo Gonzales	Independent	29,458	0.4%
18	Ernesto Bernal	Independent	3,663	0.0%
19	Eulogio Jamolin	Independent	1,577	0.0%
Total turnout			7,712,019	80.0%
Total votes			45,812,465	N/A
Registered voters			9,691,121	100.0%
Note: A total of 19 candidates ran for senator.			Source:^[1]

Per party[]


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	22,983,457	50.17	+5.10	6	13	4	11	−2
	Liberal Party	22,794,310	49.76	+11.88	2	8	4	10	+2
	Independent	34,698	0.08	−0.35	0	0	0	0	0
	Progressive Party				0	2	0	2	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party				0	1	0	1	0
Total		45,812,465	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0

Total votes		7,712,019	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,691,121	79.58
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

Vote share

NP			50.17%
LP			49.76%
Others			0.08%

Senate seats

NP			50.00%
LP			50.00%
Others			0.00%

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.

External links[]

Official website of the Commission on Elections

[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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