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

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

Senate

Summary of the November 9, 1965 Philippine Senate election result
Rank	Candidate		Votes	%
1	Jovito Salonga	Liberal	3,629,834	47.7%
2	Alejandro Almendras	Nacionalista	3,472,689	45.6%
3	Genaro Magsaysay	Nacionalista	3,463,459	45.5%
4	Sergio Osmeña Jr.	Liberal	3,234,966	42.5%
5	Eva Estrada-Kalaw	Nacionalista	3,190,700	41.9%
6	Dominador Aytona	Nacionalista	3,037,666	39.9%
7	Lorenzo Tañada	NCP	3,014,618	39.6%
8	Wenceslao Lagumbay	Nacionalista	2,972,525	39.1%

9	Cesar Climaco	Liberal	2,968,958	39.0%
10	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal	2,846,320	37.4%
11	Constancio Castañeda	Nacionalista	2,814,032	37.0%
12	Ramon Bagatsing	Liberal	2,774,621	36.5%
13	Bartolome Cabangbang	Nacionalista	2,668,431	35.1%
14	Alejandro Roces	Liberal	2,663,852	35.0%
15	Ramon Diaz	Liberal	2,620,073	34.4%
16	Lucas Paredes	Liberal	2,419,573	31.8%
17	Vicente Araneta	Progressive	500,795	6.6%
18	Amelio Mutuc	Independent	413,074	5.4%
19	Jose Feria	Progressive	335,119	4.4%
20	Benjamin Gaston	Progressive	149,057	2.0%
21	Dionisio Ojeda	Progressive	143,681	1.9%
22	Magdaleno Estrada	New Leaf Party	8,766	0.1%
23	Epifanio Talania	Partido ng Bansa	3,007	0.0%
24	Vicente Baldovino	Partido ng Bansa	1,945	0.0%
25	German Carbonel	Partido ng Bansa	1,830	0.0%
26	Toribia S. Valino	Partido ng Bansa	1,750	0.0%
27	Jose Villavisa	Partido ng Bansa	1,604	0.0%
28	Teodoro Gosuico Sr.	Partido ng Bansa	1,153	0.0%
29	Genovevo Baynosa	New Leaf Party	1,101	0.0%
30	Leoncio Wico Pagdanganan	Partido ng Bansa	113	0.0%
Total turnout			7,610,051	76.4%
Total votes			49,355,332	N/A
Registered voters			9,962,345	100.0%
Note: A total of 30 candidates ran for senator.			Source:

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
	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

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.