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1963 Philippine Senate election

18th Philippine senatorial election

18th Philippine senatorial election

FieldValue
election_name1963 Philippine Senate election
countryPhilippines
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election1961 Philippine Senate election
previous_year1961
next_election1965 Philippine Senate election
next_year1965
election_dateNovember 12, 1963
seats_for_election8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
majority_seats13
image1Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez Sr.jpg
leader1Eulogio Rodriguez
party1Nacionalista Party
seats_before113 (6 up)
seats14
seats_after111
seat_change12
popular_vote122,983,457
percentage150.17
swing15.10
image2Senator Ferdinand E. Marcos.jpg
leader2Ferdinand Marcos
party2Liberal Party (Philippines)
seats_before28 (2 up)
seats24
seats_after210
seat_change22
popular_vote222,794,310
percentage249.76
swing211.88
titleSenate President
before_electionFerdinand Marcos
before_partyLiberal Party (Philippines)
after_electionFerdinand Marcos
after_partyLiberal Party (Philippines)

A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1963 in the Philippines. The 1963 elections were known as a midterm election as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Diosdado Macapagal's four-year term.

The Liberal Party won control of the chamber after having ten seats out of the 24-member Senate, as the 2-member Grand Alliance (the old Progressive Party) were caucusing with them, plus Alejandro Almendras of the Nacionalistas who personally supported Senate President Ferdinand Marcos.

Electoral system

Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1957; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.

Retiring incumbents

  1. Oscar Ledesma (Nacionalista), appointed as ambassador to the United States in 1964

Results

The Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party each won four seats.

Nacionalistas Arturo Tolentino and Gil Puyat, and Liberal Ambrosio Padilla all defended their seats.

Five winners are neophyte senators. These are Juan Liwag, Gerry Roxas and Tecla San Andres Ziga of the Liberal Party, and the Nacionalistas' José W. Diokno and Rodolfo Ganzon.

Incumbent Nacionalista senators Eulogio Balao, Roseller T. Lim and Cipriano Primicias Sr., and Rogelio de la Rosa of the Liberal Party all lost.

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  • ‡ 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

Per party

Defeated incumbents

  1. Eulogio Balao (Nacionalista) retired from politics
  2. Rogelio de la Rosa (Liberal) appointed as ambassador to Cambodia in 1965
  3. Roseller T. Lim (Nacionalista) ran in 1967 and lost, ran as delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1970 and won
  4. Cipriano Primicias Sr. (Nacionalista) retired from politics

References

References

  1. (15 November 2001). "Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific". OUP Oxford.
  2. [[Julio Teehankee]]. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines". quezon.ph.
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