1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1961 November 9, 1965 1969 →
All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 53 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   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 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.

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

Results[]

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	3,721,460	51.32	+17.61	61	+32
	Nacionalista Party	3,028,224	41.76	−19.26	38	−36
	Independent Liberal	107,001	1.48	+0.74	1	New
	Independent Nacionalista	71,955	0.99	+0.36	1	New
	Party for Philippine Progress	41,983	0.58	+0.58	0	0
	Young Philippines	12,479	0.17	New	0	0
	Republican Party	85	0.00	New	0	0
	Independent	268,327	3.70	−0.08	3	+2
Total		7,251,514	100.00	–	104	0
Valid votes		7,251,514	95.29	−0.12
Invalid/blank votes		358,537	4.71	+0.12
Total votes		7,610,051	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,962,345	76.39	−3.04
Source: 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[]

• 6th Congress of the Philippines

References[]

• Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
• Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
• Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.