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1969 Philippine presidential election

9th election of Philippine president

1969 Philippine presidential election

9th election of Philippine president

FieldValue
election_name1969 Philippine presidential election
countryPhilippines
typepresidential
ongoingno
flag_year1936
previous_election1965 Philippine presidential election
previous_year1965
next_election1981 Philippine presidential election and referendum
next_year1981
turnout79.6% (3.2pp)
election_dateNovember 11, 1969
image1File: Ferdinand Marcos' official portrait during his second term (1969) (cropped).jpg
candidate1**Ferdinand Marcos**
party1Nacionalista Party
running_mate1**Fernando Lopez**
popular_vote1**5,017,343**
percentage1**61.47%**
image2File:Serging Osmeña.jpg
candidate2Sergio Osmeña Jr.
party2Liberal Party (Philippines)
running_mate2Genaro Magsaysay
popular_vote23,143,122
percentage238.51%
map_image1969PhilippinePresidentialElection.png
map_size300px
map_captionPresidential election results per province.
titlePresident
before_electionFerdinand Marcos
after_electionFerdinand Marcos
before_partyNacionalista Party
after_partyNacionalista Party
module{{Infobox election
embedyes
election_name1969 Philippine vice presidential election
countryPhilippines
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1965 Philippine presidential election
previous_year1965
election_dateNovember 11, 1969
next_election1986 Philippine presidential election
next_year1986
image1File:Fernando Lopez Sr.jpg
candidate1**Fernando Lopez**
party1Nacionalista Party
popular_vote1**5,001,737**
percentage1**62.75%**
image2File:Genaro Magsaysay.jpg
candidate2Genaro Magsaysay
party2Liberal Party (Philippines)
popular_vote22,968,526
percentage237.24%
map_image1969_Vice_Presidential_Election_Results.png
map_size300px
map_captionVice presidential election results per province.
titleVice President
before_electionFernando Lopez
before_partyNacionalista Party
after_electionFernando Lopez
after_partyNacionalista Party

The 1969 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 11, 1969. Incumbent Nacionalista President Ferdinand Marcos was reelected to a second term, defeating Liberal Sergio Osmeña Jr., senator and former Cebu City mayor. Marcos was the last president in the entire electoral history of the Philippines who ran for and won a second term. His running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez, was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines. A total of twelve candidates ran for president, but ten of those got less than 0.01% of the vote. Despite Marcos' win, Osmeña never conceded defeat.

Constitutionally barred for a third term, Marcos sought to amend the constitution to allow him to do so. A constitutional convention was elected in 1970 for this purpose. Growing unrest led to Marcos declaring martial law in 1972. Months later, the constitutional convention passed a new constitution, which was subsequently ratified in a plebiscite in 1973. Marcos then ruled by decree, and a presidential election would not be held again until 1981. The office of the vice president was abolished in the new constitution but was reinstated in 1984, and an election for it was first held in 1986.

Background

Main article: Ferdinand Marcos presidential campaign, 1969

Ferdinand Marcos Reelection Campaign

The formal beginning of the 1969 campaign can be dated to the July 1969 meeting of the Philippines' Nacionalista Party, in which Ferdinand Marcos was formally nominated as the party's presidential candidate. A meeting of the party's ruling junta had met a week earlier to assure that the nomination would be unanimous. Ferdinand Marcos won his first campaign for the Philippine Presidency in November 1965, and was inaugurated just before New Year's Day in December the same year. Under the 1935 Philippine Constitution which was in force at the time, Marcos was supposed to be allowed a maximum of two four-year terms as president.

With his popularity already beefed up by debt-funded spending, Marcos's popularity made it very likely that he would win the election, but he decided, as National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin reported in the Philippines Free Press, "leave nothing to chance." Time and Newsweek would eventually call the 1969 election the "dirtiest, most violent and most corrupt" in Philippine modern history, with the term "Three Gs", meaning "guns, goons, and gold" coined to describe administration's election tactics of vote-buying, terrorism and ballot snatching

Marcos used the military and the government bureaucracy for his campaign, and also went on a campaign spending spree, initiating US$50 million worth in infrastructure projects meant to impress the electorate.

The most infamous incidents of violence took place in Batanes, where Philippine Constabulary officers, paramilitary groups and hired guns essentially took over the island, and motorcycle-riding thugs rode around terrorizing voters and Comelec officials, and beating up opposition leaders.

On April 5, 1969, at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Marcos exposed Osmeña of collaborating with the Japanese in World War II.

Sergio Osmeña Jr. Campaign

Later on June 15, Osmeña won the Liberal Party nomination for President of the Philippines, and would run against incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos for the 1969 Philippine presidential election. Marcos spent US$50 million in infrastructure projects in an effort to improve the country. This rapid campaign spending was so massive that it would be responsible for the Balance of Payments Crisis of 1970, whose inflationary effect would cause social unrest leading all the way up to the proclamation of Martial Law in 1972. Marcos was reported to have spent Php 100 for every Php 1 that Osmena spent, using up to Php 24 million in Cebu alone.

Results

For president

Results by province and city

Province/CityMarcosOsmeñaRacuyalBaldoviPaneloVillanuevaBuenoComagonBulacanBuencaminoGarcesJoseNacionalista Party}}"Liberal Party (Philippines)}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
AbraNacionalista Party}}**41,606**Nacionalista Party}}**95.58**1,9254.4200.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Agusan del NorteNacionalista Party}}**24,015**Nacionalista Party}}**58.95**16,72241.0500.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Agusan del SurNacionalista Party}}**31,938**Nacionalista Party}}**65.91**16,52034.0900.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
AklanNacionalista Party}}**38,492**Nacionalista Party}}**57.36**28,60942.6330.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
AlbayNacionalista Party}}**84,071**Nacionalista Party}}**64.56**46,14535.4330.0020.0000.0000.0020.0000.0000.0000.0010.0010.00
Angeles City7,21239.83Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**10,889**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**60.14**50.0300.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Antique30,04248.52Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**31,865**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**51.46**40.0110.0000.0020.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.0010.00
BacolodNacionalista Party}}**25,998**Nacionalista Party}}**52.18**23,79747.7650.01240.0500.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0040.0100.00
Bago8,48347.73Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**9,290**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**52.27**00.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0100.0000.0000.00
BaguioNacionalista Party}}**14,930**Nacionalista Party}}**76.05**4,69023.89110.0600.0020.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Bais3,27148.89Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**3,420**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**51.11**00.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Basilan7,53649.45Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**7,704**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**50.55**00.0000.0000.0010.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
BataanNacionalista Party}}**41,163**Nacionalista Party}}**68.74**18,71331.2540.0100.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
BatanesNacionalista Party}}**3,526**Nacionalista Party}}**77.41**1,02922.5900.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
BatangasNacionalista Party}}**129,335**Nacionalista Party}}**68.78**58,67631.20300.0200.0000.0010.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0020.00
Batangas CityNacionalista Party}}**17,151**Nacionalista Party}}**67.77**8,15432.2240.0200.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
BenguetNacionalista Party}}**19,752**Nacionalista Party}}**62.55**11,69837.0590.031100.3540.0110.0010.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.00
BoholNacionalista Party}}**106,944**Nacionalista Party}}**66.71**53,35333.2840.0010.0000.0000.0010.0000.0020.0000.0010.0000.00
BukidnonNacionalista Party}}**28,431**Nacionalista Party}}**54.09**24,13045.9110.0000.0000.0010.0010.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.00
BulacanNacionalista Party}}**136,701**Nacionalista Party}}**58.86**95,36941.06990.0410.00850.0410.0000.0040.0050.0000.0000.0020.00
ButuanNacionalista Party}}**23,773**Nacionalista Party}}**55.93**18,72944.0620.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
CabanatuanNacionalista Party}}**13,558**Nacionalista Party}}**62.52**8,12937.4800.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
CadizNacionalista Party}}**12,687**Nacionalista Party}}**90.20**1,3789.8000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0100.0000.0000.0000.00
CagayanNacionalista Party}}**110,533**Nacionalista Party}}**92.29**9,2207.7080.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.0010.00
Cagayan de OroNacionalista Party}}**14,711**Nacionalista Party}}**54.19**12,43845.8100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
CalbayogNacionalista Party}}**11,012**Nacionalista Party}}**61.37**6,93338.6300.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
CaloocanNacionalista Party}}**26,417**Nacionalista Party}}**57.72**19,33842.25110.0200.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Camarines NorteNacionalista Party}}**30,708**Nacionalista Party}}**52.70**27,55647.2910.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Camarines SurNacionalista Party}}**92,137**Nacionalista Party}}**58.00**66,71442.0010.0000.0060.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.0010.0000.00
CamiguinNacionalista Party}}**9,916**Nacionalista Party}}**62.12**6,03337.7910.0110.0100.0010.0110.0120.0130.0200.0030.0220.01
CanlaonNacionalista Party}}**1,948**Nacionalista Party}}**59.48**1,32740.5200.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
CapizNacionalista Party}}**44,152**Nacionalista Party}}**62.37**26,64237.6300.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
CatanduanesNacionalista Party}}**38,681**Nacionalista Party}}**88.92**4,82011.0800.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
CaviteNacionalista Party}}**65,686**Nacionalista Party}}**56.94**49,66343.0510.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Cavite CityNacionalista Party}}**8,492**Nacionalista Party}}**55.75**6,73544.2240.0300.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
CebuNacionalista Party}}**156,091**Nacionalista Party}}**57.10**117,28342.9000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Cebu City33,39240.53Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**48,984**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**59.46**50.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
CotabatoNacionalista Party}}**100,336**Nacionalista Party}}**60.36**65,90039.6420.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Cotabato CityNacionalista Party}}**7,801**Nacionalista Party}}**72.79**2,91427.1910.0100.0000.0010.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
DagupanNacionalista Party}}**12,836**Nacionalista Party}}**57.08**9,64942.9140.0200.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
DanaoNacionalista Party}}**15,416**Nacionalista Party}}**94.61**8775.3820.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
DapitanNacionalista Party}}**7,234**Nacionalista Party}}**73.94**2,55026.0600.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Davao CityNacionalista Party}}**44,999**Nacionalista Party}}**63.73**25,59436.25130.0200.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Davao del NorteNacionalista Party}}**52,088**Nacionalista Party}}**67.20**25,41932.7930.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.00
Davao del SurNacionalista Party}}**35,054**Nacionalista Party}}**62.19**21,31137.8100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Davao OrientalNacionalista Party}}**29,749**Nacionalista Party}}**69.85**12,83830.1500.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
DumagueteNacionalista Party}}**7,224**Nacionalista Party}}**51.59**6,76948.3490.0600.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Eastern SamarNacionalista Party}}**36,457**Nacionalista Party}}**65.47**19,23134.5300.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
General SantosNacionalista Party}}**7,758**Nacionalista Party}}**50.94**7,47249.0600.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
GingoogNacionalista Party}}**6,769**Nacionalista Party}}**52.31**6,17247.6900.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
IfugaoNacionalista Party}}**6,927**Nacionalista Party}}**55.63**5,52144.3410.0100.0000.0000.0000.0010.0110.0100.0000.0000.00
Iligan9,48640.68Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**13,827**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**59.30**30.0100.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Ilocos NorteNacionalista Party}}**80,631**Nacionalista Party}}**98.52**1,2151.4800.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Ilocos SurNacionalista Party}}**95,379**Nacionalista Party}}**91.50**8,8608.5000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
IloiloNacionalista Party}}**123,461**Nacionalista Party}}**50.84**119,39349.1650.0010.0000.0000.0020.0000.0000.0000.0000.0020.00
Iloilo CityNacionalista Party}}**29,096**Nacionalista Party}}**51.85**27,01548.1480.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.00
IrigaNacionalista Party}}**7,021**Nacionalista Party}}**54.62**5,83445.3800.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
IsabelaNacionalista Party}}**91,299**Nacionalista Party}}**78.55**24,93221.4510.0000.0000.0000.0010.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Kalinga-ApayaoNacionalista Party}}**21,257**Nacionalista Party}}**78.95**5,66321.0320.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0010.00
La CarlotaNacionalista Party}}**7,515**Nacionalista Party}}**65.36**3,98334.6400.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
La UnionNacionalista Party}}**89,165**Nacionalista Party}}**90.68**9,1579.3120.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
LagunaNacionalista Party}}**102,766**Nacionalista Party}}**64.02**57,73035.9760.0010.0000.0020.0080.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.00
Lanao del NorteNacionalista Party}}**53,053**Nacionalista Party}}**83.66**10,36416.3400.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Lanao del SurNacionalista Party}}**45,696**Nacionalista Party}}**56.49**35,19943.5100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
LaoagNacionalista Party}}**18,110**Nacionalista Party}}**97.21**5202.7900.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Lapu-Lapu CityNacionalista Party}}**7,123**Nacionalista Party}}**42.84**9,50157.1510.0100.0000.0010.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
LegazpiNacionalista Party}}**16,874**Nacionalista Party}}**70.43**7,08229.5610.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
LeyteNacionalista Party}}**134,680**Nacionalista Party}}**65.15**72,05534.8510.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Lipa9,98544.22Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**12,592**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**55.76**40.0200.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
LucenaNacionalista Party}}**10,043**Nacionalista Party}}**55.57**8,02844.4220.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Mandaue5,75145.80Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**6,804**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**54.18**20.0200.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
ManilaNacionalista Party}}**182,956**Nacionalista Party}}**54.34**153,54145.601580.0520.0070.0040.0030.0080.0040.0020.0010.0020.00
MarawiNacionalista Party}}**7,408**Nacionalista Party}}**57.67**5,43842.3300.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
MarinduqueNacionalista Party}}**22,934**Nacionalista Party}}**63.28**13,30336.7130.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
MasbateNacionalista Party}}**45,662**Nacionalista Party}}**53.31**39,99446.6900.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Misamis OccidentalNacionalista Party}}**41,323**Nacionalista Party}}**68.04**19,40731.9510.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0020.0000.0000.00
Misamis OrientalNacionalista Party}}**33,242**Nacionalista Party}}**56.57**25,51843.4220.0000.0010.0010.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.00
Mountain ProvinceNacionalista Party}}**9,981**Nacionalista Party}}**68.82**4,51831.1530.0200.0000.0000.0010.0100.0000.0010.0100.0000.00
NagaNacionalista Party}}**8,372**Nacionalista Party}}**54.83**6,88945.1210.0100.0060.0400.0010.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Negros OccidentalNacionalista Party}}**114,154**Nacionalista Party}}**57.56**84,17842.4400.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Negros OrientalNacionalista Party}}**62,944**Nacionalista Party}}**56.90**47,66743.0900.0010.0010.0010.0000.0000.0000.0010.0010.0000.00
Northern SamarNacionalista Party}}**29,544**Nacionalista Party}}**51.04**28,33748.9600.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Nueva EcijaNacionalista Party}}**113,667**Nacionalista Party}}**67.47**54,77632.5160.0050.0000.0090.0110.0000.0010.0000.0010.0010.00
Nueva VizcayaNacionalista Party}}**34,763**Nacionalista Party}}**76.26**10,81823.7310.0000.0000.0000.0020.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.00
Occidental MindoroNacionalista Party}}**23,085**Nacionalista Party}}**65.70**12,05334.3000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
OlongapoNacionalista Party}}**10,550**Nacionalista Party}}**54.70**8,73445.2830.0200.0000.0010.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Oriental MindoroNacionalista Party}}**44,060**Nacionalista Party}}**61.24**27,87938.7530.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
OrmocNacionalista Party}}**11,250**Nacionalista Party}}**70.12**4,79429.8800.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
OzamizNacionalista Party}}**11,032**Nacionalista Party}}**55.90**8,70044.0920.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
PagadianNacionalista Party}}**6,399**Nacionalista Party}}**58.31**4,57641.6900.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
PalawanNacionalista Party}}**23,602**Nacionalista Party}}**53.27**20,70546.7310.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
PalayanNacionalista Party}}**1,686**Nacionalista Party}}**77.37**49322.6300.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Pampanga34,80128.97Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**85,292**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**71.01**20.00150.0100.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
PangasinanNacionalista Party}}**207,458**Nacionalista Party}}**64.59**113,72435.41170.0100.0000.0040.0000.0020.0000.0010.0020.0000.00
PasayNacionalista Party}}**24,714**Nacionalista Party}}**55.45**19,83844.51130.0310.0000.0000.0000.0040.0100.0010.0010.0000.00
QuezonNacionalista Party}}**114,768**Nacionalista Party}}**56.51**88,30643.4870.0020.0010.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.0010.0000.00
Quezon CityNacionalista Party}}**67,216**Nacionalista Party}}**58.83**46,90541.051190.1000.0050.0000.0060.0140.0000.0040.0010.0010.00
RizalNacionalista Party}}**192,410**Nacionalista Party}}**57.39**142,72642.571100.0340.0020.0010.0000.0020.0080.0030.0000.0020.00
RomblonNacionalista Party}}**20,197**Nacionalista Party}}**50.45**19,83249.5410.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Roxas8,31646.98Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**9,387**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**53.02**00.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
SamarNacionalista Party}}**38,979**Nacionalista Party}}**58.89**27,21041.1100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
San Carlos, Negros Occidental7,83147.48Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**8,661**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**52.52**00.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
San Carlos, PangasinanNacionalista Party}}**10,776**Nacionalista Party}}**53.96**9,19246.0310.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
San JoseNacionalista Party}}**8,903**Nacionalista Party}}**79.78**2,25320.1930.0300.0000.0000.0010.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
San PabloNacionalista Party}}**16,142**Nacionalista Party}}**56.54**12,40243.4470.0200.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
SilayNacionalista Party}}**14,144**Nacionalista Party}}**68.23**6,58331.7620.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
SorsogonNacionalista Party}}**67,275**Nacionalista Party}}**65.83**34,91734.1740.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
South CotabatoNacionalista Party}}**36,110**Nacionalista Party}}**58.38**25,73841.6100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Southern LeyteNacionalista Party}}**37,629**Nacionalista Party}}**62.71**22,37937.2900.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
SuluNacionalista Party}}**78,722**Nacionalista Party}}**66.53**39,60833.4700.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.0010.00
Surigao del NorteNacionalista Party}}**56,683**Nacionalista Party}}**86.48**8,85713.5100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Surigao del SurNacionalista Party}}**33,912**Nacionalista Party}}**56.96**25,62543.0410.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
TaclobanNacionalista Party}}**11,696**Nacionalista Party}}**67.12**5,73032.8800.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Tagaytay1,16537.56Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**1,937**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**62.44**00.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
TagbilaranNacionalista Party}}**5,839**Nacionalista Party}}**60.65**3,78339.3040.0400.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.01
Tangub3,00149.81Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**3,024**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**50.19**00.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
TarlacNacionalista Party}}**76,078**Nacionalista Party}}**63.62**43,48736.3750.0000.0020.0000.0010.0020.0000.0030.0000.0010.00
ToledoNacionalista Party}}**9,874**Nacionalista Party}}**54.72**8,17145.2810.0100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Trece Martires30418.51Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**1,338**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**81.49**00.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
ZambalesNacionalista Party}}**41,622**Nacionalista Party}}**69.24**18,44030.6800.0000.0000.00420.0750.0100.0010.0000.0010.0000.00
Zamboanga CityNacionalista Party}}**17,481**Nacionalista Party}}**60.83**11,25039.1530.0100.0000.0010.0010.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
Zamboanga del NorteNacionalista Party}}**53,909**Nacionalista Party}}**71.47**21,51128.5250.0110.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0010.00
Zamboanga del SurNacionalista Party}}**57,244**Nacionalista Party}}**61.32**36,10738.6800.0020.0000.0010.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
TotalNacionalista Party}}5,017,343Nacionalista Party}}62.243,043,12237.757780.011770.001230.00820.00440.00350.00310.00230.00230.00230.00
Source: Senate

For vice-president

Results by province and city

Province/CityLopezMagsaysayMallariJalandoniNacionalista Party}}"Liberal Party (Philippines)}}"Independent}}"Independent}}"Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
AbraNacionalista Party}}**35,686**Nacionalista Party}}**82.08**7,79217.9200.0000.00
Agusan del NorteNacionalista Party}}**22,033**Nacionalista Party}}**54.87**18,12445.1300.0000.00
Agusan del SurNacionalista Party}}**31,695**Nacionalista Party}}**68.05**14,88331.9500.0000.00
AklanNacionalista Party}}**41,895**Nacionalista Party}}**62.82**24,78937.1720.0050.01
AlbayNacionalista Party}}**78,640**Nacionalista Party}}**61.26**49,72738.73120.0110.00
Angeles City7,26640.47Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**10,686**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**59.52**10.0100.00
AntiqueNacionalista Party}}**44,170**Nacionalista Party}}**72.43**16,80627.5620.0010.00
BacolodNacionalista Party}}**34,849**Nacionalista Party}}**70.30**14,72329.7000.0020.00
BagoNacionalista Party}}**9,700**Nacionalista Party}}**55.07**7,91244.9200.0010.01
BaguioNacionalista Party}}**14,040**Nacionalista Party}}**71.55**5,57828.4330.0220.01
BaisNacionalista Party}}**3,517**Nacionalista Party}}**53.30**3,08246.7000.0000.00
BasilanNacionalista Party}}**8,101**Nacionalista Party}}**54.90**6,65445.0910.0110.01
BataanNacionalista Party}}**37,395**Nacionalista Party}}**63.11**21,86236.8900.0000.00
BatanesNacionalista Party}}**3,384**Nacionalista Party}}**79.10**89420.9000.0000.00
BatangasNacionalista Party}}**130,475**Nacionalista Party}}**70.77**53,87129.22130.0120.00
Batangas CityNacionalista Party}}**16,810**Nacionalista Party}}**67.28**8,17532.7210.0000.00
BenguetNacionalista Party}}**18,121**Nacionalista Party}}**58.05**13,09541.9510.0000.00
BoholNacionalista Party}}**108,083**Nacionalista Party}}**68.12**50,57631.8830.0010.00
BukidnonNacionalista Party}}**28,574**Nacionalista Party}}**55.00**23,37745.0000.0030.01
BulacanNacionalista Party}}**141,156**Nacionalista Party}}**61.26**89,25538.7420.0030.00
ButuanNacionalista Party}}**22,920**Nacionalista Party}}**55.05**18,71744.9500.0010.00
CabanatuanNacionalista Party}}**11,681**Nacionalista Party}}**54.20**9,86945.8000.0000.00
CadizNacionalista Party}}**13,082**Nacionalista Party}}**93.19**9566.8100.0000.00
CagayanNacionalista Party}}**100,493**Nacionalista Party}}**83.01**20,50516.94560.0510.00
Cagayan de OroNacionalista Party}}**15,755**Nacionalista Party}}**58.44**11,20541.5600.0000.00
CalbayogNacionalista Party}}**11,075**Nacionalista Party}}**62.85**6,54537.1500.0000.00
CaloocanNacionalista Party}}**25,651**Nacionalista Party}}**56.30**19,91343.7000.0000.00
Camarines NorteNacionalista Party}}**29,045**Nacionalista Party}}**50.22**28,79049.7800.0000.00
Camarines SurNacionalista Party}}**92,270**Nacionalista Party}}**58.90**64,39641.1000.0000.00
CamiguinNacionalista Party}}**9,650**Nacionalista Party}}**62.70**5,72637.2180.0560.04
CanlaonNacionalista Party}}**1,900**Nacionalista Party}}**59.01**1,32040.9900.0000.00
CapizNacionalista Party}}**49,173**Nacionalista Party}}**70.58**20,50129.4200.0000.00
CatanduanesNacionalista Party}}**38,102**Nacionalista Party}}**88.22**5,08911.7810.0000.00
CaviteNacionalista Party}}**71,405**Nacionalista Party}}**63.21**41,56036.7900.0000.00
Cavite CityNacionalista Party}}**10,070**Nacionalista Party}}**66.60**5,04933.4000.0000.00
CebuNacionalista Party}}**161,459**Nacionalista Party}}**60.42**105,75439.5800.0000.00
Cebu City38,38346.85Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**43,550**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**53.15**10.0000.00
CotabatoNacionalista Party}}**113,276**Nacionalista Party}}**69.63**49,37330.3550.00270.02
Cotabato CityNacionalista Party}}**8,382**Nacionalista Party}}**79.40**2,17520.6000.0000.00
DagupanNacionalista Party}}**11,322**Nacionalista Party}}**50.64**11,03549.3600.0000.00
DanaoNacionalista Party}}**15,400**Nacionalista Party}}**94.98**8145.0200.0000.00
DapitanNacionalista Party}}**7,584**Nacionalista Party}}**79.46**1,96120.5400.0000.00
Davao CityNacionalista Party}}**49,073**Nacionalista Party}}**69.90**21,13330.1000.0000.00
Davao del NorteNacionalista Party}}**52,425**Nacionalista Party}}**68.22**24,41731.7710.0010.00
Davao del SurNacionalista Party}}**35,628**Nacionalista Party}}**63.72**20,28936.2800.0000.00
Davao OrientalNacionalista Party}}**28,614**Nacionalista Party}}**67.82**13,57132.1710.0020.00
DumagueteNacionalista Party}}**8,217**Nacionalista Party}}**59.14**5,67840.8600.0000.00
Eastern SamarNacionalista Party}}**34,044**Nacionalista Party}}**63.36**19,68536.6400.0020.00
General Santos7,50149.54Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**7,638**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**50.45**00.0020.01
Gingoog6,01147.21Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**6,722**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**52.79**00.0000.00
IfugaoNacionalista Party}}**6,503**Nacionalista Party}}**53.16**5,72646.8120.0220.02
Iligan11,06448.02Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**11,975**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**51.97**10.0000.00
Ilocos NorteNacionalista Party}}**75,199**Nacionalista Party}}**92.49**6,1067.5100.0000.00
Ilocos SurNacionalista Party}}**81,543**Nacionalista Party}}**79.69**20,78120.3120.0000.00
IloiloNacionalista Party}}**178,651**Nacionalista Party}}**74.44**61,32025.5520.0050.00
Iloilo CityNacionalista Party}}**37,287**Nacionalista Party}}**66.71**18,60733.2910.0000.00
IrigaNacionalista Party}}**7,421**Nacionalista Party}}**58.54**5,25641.4600.0000.00
IsabelaNacionalista Party}}**69,819**Nacionalista Party}}**60.59**45,41339.4110.0000.00
Kalinga-ApayaoNacionalista Party}}**17,594**Nacionalista Party}}**68.23**8,19031.7610.0020.01
La CarlotaNacionalista Party}}**8,732**Nacionalista Party}}**76.81**2,63723.1900.0000.00
La UnionNacionalista Party}}**77,730**Nacionalista Party}}**79.61**19,91120.3900.0000.00
LagunaNacionalista Party}}**104,943**Nacionalista Party}}**65.94**54,20334.0600.0030.00
Lanao del NorteNacionalista Party}}**50,543**Nacionalista Party}}**82.39**10,80017.6100.0000.00
Lanao del SurNacionalista Party}}**39,364**Nacionalista Party}}**56.11**30,79743.8900.0000.00
LaoagNacionalista Party}}**16,968**Nacionalista Party}}**91.39**1,5998.6100.0000.00
Lapu-Lapu City6,92942.49Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**9,377**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**57.50**10.0110.01
LegazpiNacionalista Party}}**16,046**Nacionalista Party}}**67.57**7,70132.4300.0000.00
LeyteNacionalista Party}}**130,752**Nacionalista Party}}**64.12**73,16335.8800.0000.00
Lipa10,01745.79Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**11,856**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**54.20**00.0010.00
LucenaNacionalista Party}}**11,294**Nacionalista Party}}**62.83**6,68237.1700.0000.00
Mandaue6,00548.09Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**6,483**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**51.91**00.0000.00
ManilaNacionalista Party}}**199,609**Nacionalista Party}}**59.41**136,31840.58200.01140.00
MarawiNacionalista Party}}**6,452**Nacionalista Party}}**55.29**5,21844.7100.0000.00
MarinduqueNacionalista Party}}**20,484**Nacionalista Party}}**57.74**14,98742.2520.0130.01
Masbate41,69949.87Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**41,913**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**50.13**00.0000.00
Misamis OccidentalNacionalista Party}}**41,142**Nacionalista Party}}**68.74**18,71031.2610.0020.00
Misamis OrientalNacionalista Party}}**31,320**Nacionalista Party}}**54.58**26,05545.4100.0040.01
Mountain ProvinceNacionalista Party}}**8,433**Nacionalista Party}}**60.23**5,56739.7600.0010.01
NagaNacionalista Party}}**8,603**Nacionalista Party}}**56.62**6,59243.3800.0000.00
Negros OccidentalNacionalista Party}}**135,306**Nacionalista Party}}**68.95**60,94631.0500.0000.00
Negros OrientalNacionalista Party}}**65,190**Nacionalista Party}}**59.83**43,76340.1710.0010.00
Northern Samar27,75849.01Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**28,874**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**50.99**00.0000.00
Nueva EcijaNacionalista Party}}**96,258**Nacionalista Party}}**57.72**70,51342.2830.0000.00
Nueva VizcayaNacionalista Party}}**25,824**Nacionalista Party}}**56.91**19,55443.0900.0000.00
Occidental MindoroNacionalista Party}}**21,561**Nacionalista Party}}**62.01**13,20737.9900.0000.00
OlongapoNacionalista Party}}**10,800**Nacionalista Party}}**56.20**8,41843.8000.0000.00
Oriental MindoroNacionalista Party}}**40,544**Nacionalista Party}}**57.01**30,57842.9900.0000.00
OrmocNacionalista Party}}**11,182**Nacionalista Party}}**70.29**4,72629.7100.0000.00
OzamizNacionalista Party}}**11,102**Nacionalista Party}}**57.29**8,27442.7010.0100.00
PagadianNacionalista Party}}**6,386**Nacionalista Party}}**58.87**4,46141.1300.0000.00
PalawanNacionalista Party}}**25,136**Nacionalista Party}}**57.25**18,76742.7500.0000.00
PalayanNacionalista Party}}**1,197**Nacionalista Party}}**55.37**96544.6300.0000.00
Pampanga35,86525.79Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**103,176**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**74.19**250.0230.00
PangasinanNacionalista Party}}**179,092**Nacionalista Party}}**56.04**140,49443.9650.0070.00
PasayNacionalista Party}}**28,191**Nacionalista Party}}**63.47**16,22236.5230.0100.00
QuezonNacionalista Party}}**110,854**Nacionalista Party}}**55.02**90,63644.9810.0000.00
Quezon CityNacionalista Party}}**75,079**Nacionalista Party}}**65.77**39,04934.2190.01100.01
RizalNacionalista Party}}**207,285**Nacionalista Party}}**62.12**126,38437.8890.0080.00
RomblonNacionalista Party}}**21,721**Nacionalista Party}}**54.50**18,13745.5000.0000.00
RoxasNacionalista Party}}**9,552**Nacionalista Party}}**54.60**7,94245.4000.0000.00
SamarNacionalista Party}}**36,905**Nacionalista Party}}**57.07**27,76342.9300.0000.00
San Carlos, Negros OccidentalNacionalista Party}}**8,989**Nacionalista Party}}**55.29**7,26944.7100.0000.00
San Carlos, Pangasinan9,57347.91Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**10,410**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**52.09**00.0000.00
San JoseNacionalista Party}}**7,341**Nacionalista Party}}**66.03**3,77633.9700.0000.00
San PabloNacionalista Party}}**16,940**Nacionalista Party}}**59.92**11,33040.0800.0000.00
SilayNacionalista Party}}**16,222**Nacionalista Party}}**78.98**4,31721.0200.0000.00
SorsogonNacionalista Party}}**62,659**Nacionalista Party}}**62.43**37,69837.5610.0020.00
South CotabatoNacionalista Party}}**39,116**Nacionalista Party}}**63.94**22,05436.0520.0000.00
Southern LeyteNacionalista Party}}**37,244**Nacionalista Party}}**62.54**22,31137.4620.0000.00
SuluNacionalista Party}}**74,654**Nacionalista Party}}**66.64**37,36333.3510.0050.00
Surigao del NorteNacionalista Party}}**52,904**Nacionalista Party}}**81.55**11,96718.4500.0020.00
Surigao del SurNacionalista Party}}**31,971**Nacionalista Party}}**54.70**26,47845.3000.0000.00
TaclobanNacionalista Party}}**10,837**Nacionalista Party}}**62.63**6,46737.3700.0000.00
Tagaytay1,47249.45Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**1,505**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**50.55**00.0000.00
TagbilaranNacionalista Party}}**6,108**Nacionalista Party}}**63.79**3,46736.2100.0000.00
Tangub2,89248.56Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**3,063**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**51.44**00.0000.00
TarlacNacionalista Party}}**61,946**Nacionalista Party}}**52.38**56,29947.60130.0170.01
ToledoNacionalista Party}}**10,020**Nacionalista Party}}**56.35**7,76343.6500.0000.00
Trece Martires41125.95Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**1,173**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**74.05**00.0000.00
Zambales21,67836.22Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**38,170**Liberal Party (Philippines)}}**63.78**10.0010.00
Zamboanga CityNacionalista Party}}**18,069**Nacionalista Party}}**63.94**10,18236.0330.0140.01
Zamboanga del NorteNacionalista Party}}**56,580**Nacionalista Party}}**77.28**16,63022.7110.0030.00
Zamboanga del SurNacionalista Party}}**53,996**Nacionalista Party}}**59.83**36,24540.1600.0060.01
TotalNacionalista Party}}5,001,737Nacionalista Party}}62.752,968,52637.242290.001610.00
Source: Senate

Aftermath

Despite the electoral victory of president Marcos, Osmeña never conceded defeat.

Marcos, who was term-limited in the upcoming 1973 election, proposed drafting a new constitution. An election in 1970 elected delegates to the constitutional convention. Due to rising unrest, Marcos declared martial law and suspended the current (1935) constitution in 1972. The constitutional convention, which by then had seen its delegates opposed to Marcos dictatorship arrested or fled the country, then passed its draft constitution, and a plebiscite in January 1973 approved the constitution. A petition declaring that the 1973 constitution as unlawfully enacted was dismissed by the Supreme Court. Further plebiscites in July 1973 and 1977 extended Marcos's term, and a presidential election wouldn't be held again until 1981.

References

References

  1. Nick, Joaquin. (2013). "Reportage on the Marcoses, 1964-1970". Anvil Publishing.
  2. (1998). "Kasaysayan, The Story of the Filipino People Volume 9:A Nation Reborn.". Asia Publishing Company Limited.
  3. Burton, Sandra. (1989). "Impossible Dream: The Marcoses, the Aquinos, and the Unfinished Revolution.". Warner Books.
  4. Burton, Sandra.. (1989). "Impossible Dream: The Marcoses, the Aquinos, and the Unfinished Revolution". Warner Books.
  5. "Votes Cast by Provinces and Cities for Each Candidate for the Offices of President and Vice-President of the Philippines in the November 11, 1969 Elections". Senate of the Philippines.
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