1969 Philippine Senate election
1969 Philippine Senate election
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Gil Puyat
Gerardo Roxas
Party
Nacionalista
Liberal
Seats before
15 (4 up)
8 (4 up)
Seats won
6
2
Seats after
17
6
Seat change
Popular vote
31,526,492
22,256,444
Percentage
58.58
41.35
Swing
A senatorial election was held on November 11, 1969 in the Philippines . Incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines , while 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.
Electoral system
Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections , with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1963; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes win the election.
Retiring incumbents
There were 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 José W. 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' Rodolfo Ganzon .
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Election result
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Per candidate
Candidate Party Votes % Arturo Tolentino Nacionalista Party 4,826,809 58.84 Gil Puyat Nacionalista Party 4,609,233 56.19 Jose W. Diokno Nacionalista Party 4,566,353 55.67 Lorenzo Sumulong Nacionalista Party 4,204,044 51.25 Ambrosio Padilla Liberal Party 3,999,662 48.76 Gerardo Roxas Liberal Party 3,952,644 48.19 Rene Espina Nacionalista Party 3,668,334 44.72 Mamintal A. J. Tamano Nacionalista Party 3,458,193 42.16 Rafael Palmares Nacionalista Party 3,393,677 41.37 Eddie Ilarde Liberal Party 3,154,908 38.46 Rodolfo Ganzon Nacionalista Party 2,799,849 34.13 Tecla San Andres Ziga Liberal Party 2,742,113 33.43 Juan Liwag Liberal Party 2,355,377 28.71 Gaudencio Mañalac Liberal Party 2,250,665 27.44 Manuel Cases Jr. Liberal Party 1,909,248 23.28 Vincenzo Sagun Liberal Party 1,891,827 23.06 Roger Nite Partido Bagong Pilipino 9,087 0.11 Ernesto Hidalgo New Party 7,321 0.09 Marcelina M. Angeles Partido ng Bansa 5,192 0.06 Antonio Mendoza National Liberal Party 3,843 0.05 Elsie Bawisan Partido ng Bansa 2,176 0.03 Petronilo Cordero Partido ng Bansa 1,983 0.02 Avelina Pulido Partido ng Bansa 1,837 0.02 Tanni Ibarra Partido ng Bansa 1,624 0.02 Tomas Talania Partido ng Bansa 1,477 0.02 Mauro Macaso Partido ng Bansa 1,443 0.02 Alejandro Gador Partido ng Manggagawa/Labor Party 1,440 0.02 Estrada Jakosalem New Leaf Party 947 0.01 Leopoldo Relayson Partido ng Bansa 793 0.01 Total 53,822,099 100.00 Total votes 8,202,793 – Registered voters/turnout 10,300,898 79.63
Per party
Party Votes % +/– Seats Up Before Won After +/− Nacionalista Party 31,526,492 58.58 +2.82 4 15 6 17 +2 Liberal Party 22,256,444 41.35 +4.32 4 8 2 6 −2 Partido ng Bansa 16,525 0.03 −0.02 0 0 0 0 0 Partido Bagong Pilipino 9,087 0.02 New 0 0 0 0 0 National Liberal Party 3,843 0.01 New 0 0 0 0 0 New Party 7,321 0.01 New 0 0 0 0 0 Partido ng Manggagawa/Labor Party 1,440 0.00 New 0 0 0 0 0 New Leaf Party 947 0.00 New 0 0 0 0 0 Nationalist Citizens' Party 0 1 0 1 0 Total 53,822,099 100.00 – 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). ISBN 9780199249596 Julio Teehankee . "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF) . quezon.ph.
Vote share
NP
58.58%
LP
41.35%
Others
0.07%
Senate seats
NP
75.00%
LP
25.00%
Others
0.00%
Defeated incumbents
See also
References
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