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.

Results

President


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 Baldove	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
	Gerardo 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


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



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
Location	Plebiscite question	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.

References

^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.
^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.
^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.

External links

Official website of the Commission on Elections

[1] Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.

[2] Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.

[3] Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..

[4] Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.

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v t e Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos
10th President of the Philippines and 10th First Lady of the Philippines
Family	Josefa Edralin & Mariano Marcos and Remedios Trinidad & Vicente Lopez-Romualdez (parents) Imee, Bongbong, Irene & Aimee (children) Pacifico Marcos, Pio Marcos and Quirino Lizardo (relatives)
Education	University of the Philippines and U.P. College of Law (Ferdinand) St. Paul's College of Tacloban and Philippine Women's University (Imelda)
Political career	Pi Gamma Mu Military career Nacionalista Party 2nd district of Ilocos Norte (1949–1959) President of the Senate of the Philippines Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Marcos propaganda
Presidency (1965–1986)	Executive orders Vietnam War Moro conflict Sabah claim Operation Merdeka and Jabidah massacre Establishment of the MNLF Manili massacre 1976 Tripoli Agreement Pata Island massacre ASEAN Declaration Communist Party of the Philippines New People's Army Communist armed conflicts 1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis First Quarter Storm 1971 constitutional convention Plaza Miranda bombing Proclamation No. 1081 New Society Rolex 12 Integrated Reorganization Plan 1973 constitution Palimbang massacre Green Revolution Thrilla in Manila Metro Manila Tictapul massacre Creation of the Municipality of Kalayaan Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa Assassination of Ninoy Aquino 1980s debt crisis Binondo Central Bank Negros famine Escalante massacre Philippine economic history during the Marcos dictatorship Philippine military history during the Marcos dictatorship NAMFREL People Power Revolution
Post-presidency	1st district of Leyte (1995–1998) Operation Big Bird Burial Historical distortion Solid North
Kleptocracy	Unexplained wealth of the Marcos family Marcos mansions Marcos jewels Overseas landholdings of the Marcos family Japanese Official Development Assistance scandal Coco Levy Fund scam Golden Buddha theft BNPP kickbacks
Controversies	Human rights abuses Fake war claims and fake medals Cronies Edifice complex Cult of personality Death of Alfie Anido Affair with Dovie Beams Murder of Archimedes Trajano Manila Film Center disaster
Elections	1949 1963 1965 1967 1969 1970 1971 1973 (Jan) 1973 (Jul) 1975 (KB) 1975 (SB) 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 (SP) 1980 (KB) 1981 (Apr) 1981 (Jun) 1982 (B) 1984 parliamentary 1984 plebiscite 1986 1992 1995 1998 2010 2013 2016 Bongbong Marcos vice presidential campaign 2019 2022 Bongbong Marcos presidential campaign
Cultural depictions	Iginuhit ng Tadhana (The Ferdinand E. Marcos Story) Kumander Dante A Dangerous Life Batas Militar Chavit Here Lies Love The Kingmaker Maid in Malacañang Martyr or Murderer
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