1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections
November 9, 1965
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 Increase 32 Decrease 36
Popular vote 3,721,460 3,028,224
Percentage 51.32% 41.76%
Swing Increase 17.61% Decrease 19.26%
Speaker before election

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

Elected Speaker

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 9, 1965. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Diosdado Macapagal's Liberal Party, won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. Despite Ferdinand Marcos of the opposition Nacionalista Party winning the presidential election, Liberal Party congressmen did not defect to the Nacionalista Party. This led to Cornelio Villareal being retained Speaker of the House after retaking it from Daniel Romualdez midway during the previous Congress.

The elected representatives served in the 6th Congress from 1965 to 1969.

Results

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
Independent Liberal 107,001 1.48 +0.74 1 New
Independent Nacionalista 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 and Teehankee
Vote share
LP
 
 51.32%
NP
 
 41.76%
Others
 
 6.92%
Seats
LP
 
 58.65%
NP
 
 36.54%
Others
 
 4.81%

See also