1965 Philippine general election

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 9, 1965, in the Philippines. Incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to Senate President Ferdinand Marcos. His running mate, Senator Gerardo Roxas lost to former Vice President Fernando Lopez. Emmanuel Pelaez did not run for vice president. An unprecedented twelve candidates ran for president; however, nine of those were nuisance candidates.

1965 Philippine general election

← 1961 November 9, 1965 1969 →
Presidential election
Candidate Ferdinand Marcos Diosdado Macapagal Raul Manglapus Party Nacionalista Liberal Progressive Running mate Fernando Lopez Gerry Roxas Manuel Manahan Popular vote 3,861,324 3,187,752 384,564 Percentage 51.94% 42.88% 5.17%
Election results per province/city.
President before election Diosdado Macapagal Liberal Elected President Ferdinand E. Marcos Nacionalista
Vice presidential election
← 1961 1969 →
Candidate Fernando Lopez Gerry Roxas Manuel Manahan Party Nacionalista Liberal Progressive Popular vote 3,531,550 3,504,826 247,426 Percentage 48.48% 48.11% 3.40%
Election results per province/city.
Vice President before election Emmanuel Pelaez Nacionalista Elected Vice President Fernando Lopez Nacionalista
House elections
← 1961 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

Results

President

Main article: 1965 Philippine presidential election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ferdinand Marcos	Nacionalista Party	3,861,324	51.94
	Diosdado Macapagal	Liberal Party	3,187,752	42.88
	Raul Manglapus	Party for Philippine Progress	384,564	5.17
	Gaudencio Bueno	New Leaf Party	199	0.00
	Aniceto A. Hidalgo	New Leaf Party	156	0.00
	Segundo Baldovi	Partido ng Bansa	139	0.00
	Nic V. Garces	People’s Progressive Democratic Party	130	0.00
	German F. Villanueva	Independent	106	0.00
	Guillermo M. Mercado	Laborer Party	27	0.00
	Antonio Nicolas Jr.	Allied Party	27	0.00
	Blandino P. Ruan	Independent	6	0.00
	Praxedes Floro	Independent	1	0.00
Total			7,434,431	100.00
Valid votes			7,434,431	97.69
Invalid/blank votes			175,620	2.31
Total votes			7,610,051	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,962,345	76.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1]

Vice-President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fernando Lopez	Nacionalista Party	3,531,550	48.48
	Gerry Roxas	Liberal Party	3,504,826	48.11
	Manuel Manahan	Party for Philippine Progress	247,426	3.40
	Gonzalo D. Vasquez	Reformist Party of the Philippines	644	0.01
	Severo Capales	New Leaf Party	193	0.00
	Eleodoro Salvador	Partido ng Bansa	172	0.00
Total			7,284,811	100.00
Valid votes			7,284,811	95.73
Invalid/blank votes			325,240	4.27
Total votes			7,610,051	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,962,345	76.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]

Senate

Main article: 1965 Philippine Senate election

Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
  Nacionalista Party
  Liberal Party
  Progressive Party
  Nationalist Citizens' Party

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jovito Salonga	Liberal Party	3,629,834	47.70
	Alejandro Almendras	Nacionalista Party	3,472,689	45.63
	Genaro Magsaysay	Nacionalista Party	3,463,459	45.51
	Sergio Osmeña Jr.	Liberal Party	3,234,966	42.51
	Eva Estrada-Kalaw	Nacionalista Party	3,190,700	41.93
	Dominador Aytona	Nacionalista Party	3,037,666	39.92
	Lorenzo Tañada	Nationalist Citizens' Party	3,014,618	39.61
	Wenceslao Lagumbay	Nacionalista Party	2,972,525	39.06
	Cesar Climaco	Liberal Party	2,968,958	39.01
	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal Party	2,846,320	37.40
	Constancio Castañeda	Nacionalista Party	2,814,032	36.98
	Ramon Bagatsing	Liberal Party	2,774,621	36.46
	Bartolome Cabangbang	Nacionalista Party	2,668,431	35.06
	Alejandro Roces	Liberal Party	2,663,852	35.00
	Ramon Diaz	Liberal Party	2,620,073	34.43
	Lucas Paredes	Liberal Party	2,419,573	31.79
	Vicente Araneta	Party for Philippine Progress	500,795	6.58
	Amelio Mutuc	Independent	413,074	5.43
	Jose Feria	Party for Philippine Progress	335,119	4.40
	Benjamin Gaston	Party for Philippine Progress	149,057	1.96
	Dionisio Ojeda	Party for Philippine Progress	143,681	1.89
	Magdaleno Estrada	New Leaf Party	8,766	0.12
	Epifanio Talania	Partido ng Bansa	3,007	0.04
	Vicente Baldovino	Partido ng Bansa	1,945	0.03
	German Carbonel	Partido ng Bansa	1,830	0.02
	Toribia S. Valino	Partido ng Bansa	1,750	0.02
	Jose Villavisa	Partido ng Bansa	1,604	0.02
	Teodoro Gosuico Sr.	Partido ng Bansa	1,153	0.02
	Genovevo Baynosa	New Leaf Party	1,101	0.01
	Leoncio Wico Pagdanganan	Partido ng Bansa	113	0.00
Total			49,355,312	100.00
Total votes			7,610,051	–
Registered voters/turnout			9,962,345	76.39

House of Representatives

Main article: 1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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]

Local plebiscites

Aside from the general election, local plebiscites were also held on this day. One was for the division of the province of Samar into three provinces, namely Eastern Samar, Northern Samar and Western Samar (renamed in 1969 as "Samar"). Six were for conversion of municipalities into cities, with two being renamed as well. All were carried, except for the cityhood of Batangas and renaming it to "Laurel City".

Location	Plebiscite question	For		Against		Total
		Total	%	Total	%
Samar	Division of Samar to three provinces	135,259	89.42%	16,002	10.58%	151,261
La Carlota, Negros Occidental	Cityhood of La Carlota	5,622	73.96%	1,979	26.04%	7,601
Bago, Negros Occidental	Cityhood of Bago	8,002	82.38%	1,711	17.62%	9,713
Laoag, Ilocos Norte	Cityhood of Laoag	7,831	50.92%	7,549	49.08%	15,380
San Carlos, Pangasinan	Cityhood of San Carlos	8,941	66.26%	4,552	33.74%	13,493
General Santos, Cotabato	Cityhood and renaming to "Rajah Buayan"	4,422	59.05%	3,066	40.95%	7,488
Batangas, Batangas	Cityhood and renaming to "Laurel City"	9,901	41.35%	14,044	58.65%	23,945

In Leyva vs. COMELEC, the Supreme Court reversed COMELEC's proclamation of the cityhood of Rajah Buayan being approved, as it ruled that its implementing law decreed that the majority of the votes must be taken into account all of the registered voters, and not just those who voted. As the votes for cityhood were less than the majority of all voters, the Rajah Buayan's cityhood was nullified, and it reverted back as the municipality of General Santos.

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• 6th Congress of the Philippines