1969 Philippine Senate election
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A senatorial election was held on November 11, 1969 in the Philippines. While incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines, and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines, their Nacionalista Party-mates also won six of the eight contested seats in the Philippine Senate increasing their majority in the Senate.
Retiring incumbents[]
There are no retiring incumbents in this election.
Incumbents running elsewhere[]
These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.
- Genaro Magsasysay (Liberal, elected as a Nacionalista), ran for vice president and lost
- Sergio Osmeña Jr. (Liberal), ran for president and lost
Results[]
The Nacionalista Party won six seats, while the Liberal Party won two.
Five incumbents successfully defended their seats. Liberals Ambrosio Padilla and Gerardo Roxas, and Nacionalistas Jose Diokno, Gil Puyat, and Arturo Tolentino.
Mamintal A.J. Tamano and Rene Espina of the Nacionalistas are the neophyte senators elected in this election.
Nacionalista Lorenzo Sumulong returns to the Senate after last serving in 1967.
Three senators lost their reelection bids: Juan Liwag and Tecla San Andres Ziga of the Liberals, and Nacionalistas' .
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Key:
- ‡ Seats up
- + Gained by a party from another party
- √ Held by the incumbent
- * Held by the same party with a new senator
Per candidate[]
Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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1 | Arturo Tolentino | Nacionalista | 4,826,809 | 58.8% | ||
2 | Gil Puyat | Nacionalista | 4,609,233 | 56.2% | ||
3 | Jose Diokno | Nacionalista | 4,566,353 | 55.7% | ||
4 | Lorenzo Sumulong | Nacionalista | 4,204,044 | 51.3% | ||
5 | Ambrosio Padilla | Liberal | 3,999,662 | 48.8% | ||
6 | Gerardo Roxas | Liberal | 3,952,644 | 48.2% | ||
7 | Rene Espina | Nacionalista | 3,668,334 | 44.7% | ||
8 | Mamintal Tamano | Nacionalista | 3,458,193 | 42.2% | ||
9 | Rafael Palmares | Nacionalista | 3,393,677 | 41.4% | ||
10 | Eddie Ilarde | Liberal | 3,154,908 | 38.5% | ||
11 | Rodolfo Ganzon | Nacionalista | 2,799,849 | 34.1% | ||
12 | Tecla San Andres Ziga | Liberal | 2,742,113 | 33.4% | ||
13 | Juan Liwag | Liberal | 2,355,377 | 28.7% | ||
14 | Gaudencio Mañalac | Liberal | 2,250,665 | 27.4% | ||
15 | Manuel Cases | Liberal | 1,909,248 | 23.3% | ||
16 | Vincenzo Sagun | Liberal | 1,891,827 | 23.1% | ||
17 | Roger Nite | Partido Bagong Pilipino | 9,087 | 0.1% | ||
18 | Ernesto Hidalgo | NP | 7,321 | 0.1% | ||
19 | Marcelina M. Angeles | Partido ng Bansa | 5,192 | 0.1% | ||
20 | Antonio Mendoza | LP | 3,843 | 0.0% | ||
21 | Elsie Bawisan | Partido ng Bansa | 2,176 | 0.0% | ||
22 | Petronilo Cordero | Partido ng Bansa | 1,983 | 0.0% | ||
23 | Avelina Pulido | Partido ng Bansa | 1,837 | 0.0% | ||
24 | Tanni Ibarra | Partido ng Bansa | 1,624 | 0.0% | ||
25 | Tomas Talania | Partido ng Bansa | 1,477 | 0.0% | ||
26 | Mauro Macaso | Partido ng Bansa | 1,443 | 0.0% | ||
27 | Alejandro Gador | Partido ng Mangagawa/Labor Party | 1,440 | 0.0% | ||
28 | Estrada Jakosalem | New Leaf Party | 947 | 0.0% | ||
29 | Leopoldo Relayson | Partido ng Bansa | 793 | 0.0% | ||
Total turnout | 8,202,793 | 79.6% | ||||
Total votes | 53,822,099 | N/A | ||||
Registered voters | 10,300,898 | 100.0% | ||||
Note: A total of 29 candidates ran for senator. | Source:[1] |
Per party[]
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | |||||
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Up | Before | Won | After | +/− | |||||
Nacionalista Party | 32,726,305 | 60.81 | +5.06 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 17 | +2 | |
Liberal Party | 21,060,474 | 39.13 | +2.09 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | −2 | |
Partido ng Bansa | 16,525 | 0.03 | −0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bagong Pilipinas | 9,087 | 0.02 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Labor Party | 1,440 | 0.00 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 7,321 | 0.01 | −7.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nationalist Citizens' Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 53,821,152 | 100.00 | – | 8 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 0 | |
Total votes | 8,202,793 | – | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 10,300,898 | 79.63 | |||||||
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. |
See also[]
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[]
- Philippine Senate elections
- 1969 elections in the Philippines