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1967 Philippine Senate election

A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1967, in the Philippines. The 1967 election for the members of the Philippine Senate were also known as the 1967 midterm election, as the date where the elected candidates take office falls halfway through President Ferdinand Marcos' four-year term. The administration Nacionalista Party won seven seats in the Philippine Senate while the Liberal Party won one seat; the Nacionalistas got the majority in the Senate after having twelve of the 24 seats in the Senate prior to the election.

Retiring incumbents

Liberal Party

Both were originally elected under the Progressive Party banner in 1961.

  1. Manuel Manahan
  2. Raul Manglapus

Nacionalista Party

  1. Lorenzo Sumulong

Mid-term vacancies

  1. Gaudencio Antonino (Nacionalista), died on November 13, 1967

Results

The Nacionalista Party won seven seats, while the Liberal Party won one.

Jose Roy of the Nacionalistas garnered the highest number of votes and was the sole incumbent to defend his seat.

Six winners are neophyte senators. These are the Nacionalistas' Helena Benitez, Salvador Laurel and Leonardo Perez, the Liberals' sole winner Benigno Aquino Jr., and independent candidate Magnolia Antonino, who was the wife of Senator Gaudencio Antonino of the Nacionalistas (originally elected as a Liberal) who died on election eve. She substituted for him and won the election.

Emmanuel Pelaez returns to the Senate, this time under the banner of the Nacionalistas, after last serving in 1959.

Three Liberal senators lost their seats: Maria Kalaw Katigbak, Camilo Osias, and Soc Rodrigo.

Key:

Per candidate

  1. ^ Substituted for her husband Gaudencio Antonino who died a day before the election.
  2. ^ Guest candidate of the Nacionalista Party
  3. ^ Guest candidate of the Liberal Party

Per party

See also

References

  1. ^ Report of the Commission on Elections to the President and the Congress of the Philippines. Manila: Bureau of Print. 1969. p. 220.

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