1967 Philippine Senate election explained

Election Name:1967 Philippine Senate election
Country:Philippines
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1965 Philippine Senate election
Previous Year:1965
Next Election:1969 Philippine Senate election
Next Year:1969
Election Date:November 14, 1967
Seats For Election:8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
Majority Seats:13
Leader1:Gil Puyat
Party1:Nacionalista Party
Seats Before1:11
Seats After1:15
Seat Change1: 4
Popular Vote1:27,237,424
Percentage1:55.8%
Swing1: 11.9%
Leader2:Ambrosio Padilla
Party2:Liberal Party (Philippines)
Seats Before2:11
Seats After2:7
Seat Change2: 4
Popular Vote2:18,094,284
Percentage2:37.0%
Swing2: 9.9%
Senate President
Before Election:Gil Puyat
Before Party:Nacionalista Party
After Election:Gil Puyat
After Party:Nacionalista Party

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.

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