1969 Philippine Senate election

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.

1969 Philippine Senate election

← 1967 November 11, 1969 1971 →
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
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 2 2 Popular vote 31,526,492 22,256,444 Percentage 58.58 41.35 Swing 2.62 4.32
Senate President before election Gil Puyat Nacionalista Elected Senate President Gil Puyat Nacionalista

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.

1. Genaro Magsasysay (Liberal, elected as a Nacionalista), ran for vice president and lost
2. 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
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

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
	Gerry 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: [1][2]

Vote share NP   58.58% LP   41.35% Others   0.07%

Senate seats NP   75.00% LP   25.00% Others   0.00%

Defeated incumbents

1. Rodolfo Ganzon (Nacionalista), ran for mayor of Iloilo CIty in 1971 and won
2. Juan Liwag (Liberal), ran for delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1970 and won
3. Tecla San Andres Ziga (Liberal), retired from politics

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 7th Congress of the Philippines