1967 Philippine Senate election
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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.
Nacionalista Party
Mid-term vacancies
- 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.
Five 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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| Election result | Not up | LP | Ind | NP | Not up | |||||||||||||||||||
| After election | * | + | + | + | + | + | * | √ | ||||||||||||||||
Key:
- ‡ Seats up
- + Gained by a party from another party
- √ Held by the incumbent
- * Held by the same party with a new senator
- ^ Vacancy
Per candidate
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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| 1. | Jose Roy | Nacionalista | 4,116,549 | 51.7% | ||
| 2. | Benigno Aquino Jr. | Liberal | 3,940,529 | 49.5% | ||
| 3. | Magnolia Antonino | Independent Nacionalista | 3,466,676 | 43.6% | ||
| 4. | Salvador Laurel | Nacionalista | 3,459,870 | 43.5% | ||
| 5. | Leonardo Perez | Nacionalista | 3,440,011 | 43.2% | ||
| 6. | Emmanuel Pelaez | Nacionalista | 3,437,135 | 43.2% | ||
| 7. | Lorenzo Teves | Nacionalista | 3,393,952 | 42.7% | ||
| 8. | Helena Benitez | Nacionalista | 3,305,585 | 41.5% | ||
| 9. | Emilio Espinosa, Jr. | Nacionalista | 3,148,904 | 39.6% | ||
| 10 | Fernando R. Veloso | Nacionalista | 2,935,418 | 36.9% | ||
| 11 | Maria Kalaw Katigbak | Liberal | 2,434,856 | 30.6% | ||
| 12 | Francisco Rodrigo | Liberal | 2,153,849 | 27.1% | ||
| 13 | Felixberto Serrano | Liberal | 2,133,150 | 26.8% | ||
| 14 | Camilo Osías | Liberal | 1,991,663 | 25.0% | ||
| 15 | Hilarion Henares Jr. | Liberal | 1,959,639 | 24.6% | ||
| 16 | Roseller Lim | Liberal | 1,790,741 | 22.5% | ||
| 17 | Jose Briones | Liberal | 1,678,178 | 21.1% | ||
| 18 | Asaad Usman | Independent Liberal | 33,642 | 0.4% | ||
| 19 | Antonio Mendoza | Liberal Party | 11,679 | 0.1% | ||
| 20 | Victorina Cruz | Partido ng Bansa | 7,584 | 0.1% | ||
| 21 | Marcelina Angeles | Partido ng Bansa | 3,104 | 0.0% | ||
| 22 | Paquito Alipio | Partido ng Bansa | 2,776 | 0.0% | ||
| 23 | Segundo Baldon | Partido ng Bansa | 2,516 | 0.0% | ||
| 24 | Victoriano Villaflor | Partido ng Bansa | 2,306 | 0.0% | ||
| 25 | Amado Ordinario | Partido ng Bansa | 2,011 | 0.0% | ||
| 26 | Jose Villavisa | Partido ng Bansa | 1,722 | 0.0% | ||
| 27 | Sergio Olidan | Partido ng Bansa | 1,538 | 0.0% | ||
| 28 | Francisco Quines | Republican Party | 269 | 0.0% | ||
| 29 | Cayetano Bartolini | Independent | 160 | 0.0% | ||
| Total turnout | 7,957,019 | 81.7% | ||||
| Total votes | 48,856,012 | N/A | ||||
| Registered voters | 9,744,604 | 100.0% | ||||
| Note: A total of 29 candidates ran for senator. | Source: | |||||
- ^1 Magnolia W. Antonino officially used the name "Mrs. Gaudencio Antonino" in the election after she was chosen as a substitute to her husband Gaudencio Antonino who died a day before election day.
- ^2 Nacionalista Party's guest candidate
- ^3 Liberal Party's guest candidate
Per party
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | |||||
| Up | Before | Won | After | +/− | |||||
| Nacionalista Party | 27,237,424 | 55.75 | +11.95 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 15 | +4 | |
| Liberal Party | 18,094,284 | 37.04 | −9.88 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 7 | −4 | |
| Partido ng Bansa | 23,557 | 0.05 | +0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 269 | 0.00 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 3,500,478 | 7.16 | +6.32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | |
| Nationalist Citizens' Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Vacancy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | ||||
| Total | 48,856,012 | 100.00 | – | 8 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 7,957,019 | – | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,744,604 | 81.66 | |||||||
| Source:
Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. | |||||||||