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1967 Philippine Senate election

20th Philippine senatorial election

Field	Value
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
image1	Gil Puyat photo.jpg
leader1	Gil Puyat
party1	Nacionalista Party
seats_before1	11 (2 up)
seats1	6
seats_after1	15
seat_change1	4
popular_vote1	27,237,424
percentage1	55.75
swing1	11.95
image2	Ambrosio Padilla.jpg
leader2	Ambrosio Padilla
party2	Liberal Party (Philippines)
seats_before2	11 (5 up)
seats2	1
seats_after2	7
seat_change2	4
popular_vote2	18,094,284
percentage2	37.04
swing2	9.89
image3	Magnolia Welborn-Antonino.jpg
leader3	Magnolia Antonino
party3	Independent Nacionalista
seats_before3	0
seats3	1
seats_after3	1
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	3,466,676
percentage3	7.10
swing3	7.10
title	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.

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 1961; 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

Manuel Manahan (Liberal), retired from politics
Raul Manglapus (Liberal), ran for senator in 1987 and won
Lorenzo Sumulong (Nacionalista), ran for senator in 1969 and won

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.

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 as a Progressive.

Three Liberal senators lost their seats: Maria Kalaw Katigbak, Camilo Osias, and Soc Rodrigo.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Before election	Election result	After election
Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	‡	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	‡	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	‡	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	‡	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	‡	‡^	Nacionalista Party}}	‡	Nacionalista Party}}	‡	Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nationalist Citizens' Party}}
Not up	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	LP	Independent}}	Ind	Nacionalista Party}}	NP	Not up
Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}		Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	*	Independent}}	+	Nacionalista Party}}	+	Nacionalista Party}}	+	Nacionalista Party}}	+	Nacionalista Party}}	+	Nacionalista Party}}	*	Nacionalista Party}}	√	Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nacionalista Party}}		Nationalist Citizens' Party}}

‡ 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

Maria Kalaw Katigbak (Liberal), retired from politics
Camilo Osias (Liberal), retired from politics
Soc Rodrigo (Liberal), retired from politics

References

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

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