1969 Philippine Senate election

1969 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Gil Puyat; Nacionalista	Elected Senate President ; Gil Puyat; Nacionalista

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' .

	1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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

Per candidate[]

• d Summary of the November 11, 1969 Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
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[]


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats

Party		Votes	%	+/–	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.

Vote share

NP			60.81%
LP			39.13%
Others			0.06%

Senate seats

NP			75.00%
LP			25.00%
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[]

[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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