1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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.

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

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

Electoral system

The House of Representatives has at most 120 seats, 104 seats for this election, all voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province is guaranteed at least one congressional district, with more populous provinces divided into two to seven districts.

Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.

Redistricting

Changes from the 5th Congress

• Dividing Samar to Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, and Western Samar:
  • The municipalities included in Samar's 1st congressional district, except for Calbayog, were included in the at-large district of the newly created province of Northern Samar.
  • Calbayog (from the 1st district), along with the city of Catbalogan and the municipalities included in Samar's 2nd congressional district, were included in the at-large district of the newly created province of Western Samar.
  • The municipalities included in Samar's 3rd congressional district were included in the at-large district of the newly created province of Eastern Samar.
  • Enacted as Republic Act No. 4221^[2]
  • Took effect following the 1965 Samar division plebiscite

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
	Liberal Party (independent)	107,001	1.48	+0.74	1	New
	Nacionalista Party (independent)	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: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4]

Vote share LP   51.32% NP   41.76% Others   6.92%

Seats LP   58.65% NP   36.54% Others   4.81%

See also

• Also held on this day:
  • 1965 Iloilo's 3rd congressional district special election: The result of the general election shall also serve as the result of the special election, and the winning candidate shall serve right away in the lame duck session of the 5th Congress

• 6th Congress of the Philippines