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1971 Philippine Senate election

22nd Philippine senatorial election

Field	Value
election_name	1971 Philippine Senate election
country	Philippines
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1969 Philippine Senate election
previous_year	1969
next_election	1978 Philippine parliamentary election
next_year	1978 (parliamentary)
election_date	November 8, 1971
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	17 (4 up)
seats1	3
seats_after1	16
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	24,819,175
percentage1	42.56
swing1	16.00
image2	Gerry Roxas.jpg
leader2	Gerardo Roxas
party2	Liberal Party (Philippines)
seats_before2	6 (3 up)
seats2	5
seats_after2	8
seat_change2	2
popular_vote2	33,469,677
percentage2	57.41
swing2	16.07
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 8, 1971 in the Philippines. The opposition Liberal Party won five seats in the Philippine Senate while three seats were won by the Nacionalista Party, the administration party; this was seen as a consequence of the Plaza Miranda bombing on August 21, 1971, which wounded all of the Liberal Party's candidates and almost took the lives of John Henry Osmeña and Jovito Salonga. Their terms as senators were cut short as a result of the declaration of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos on September 23, 1972.

Due to the ratification of a new constitution in 1973, the Senate was abolished and the unicameral parliamentary Batasang Pambansa was instituted. In 1987, a new constitution was approved that reverted to the presidential and bicameral legislative system. This means that this would be the last election for the Senate until the 1987 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 1965; 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

Wenceslao Lagumbay (Nacionalista), ran for governor of Laguna in 1980 and lost, ran for member of parliament from Laguna's at-large district in 1984 and won
Sergio Osmeña Jr. (Liberal), retired from politics
Lorenzo Tañada (NCP), retired from electoral politics

Results

The Liberal Party won five seats, while the Nacionalista Party won three.

Two Liberal incumbents successfully defended their seats: Genaro Magsaysay and Jovito Salonga, while Alejandro Almendras and Eva Estrada Kalaw of the Nacionalistas successfully defended their seats, as well.

The other four winners are neophyte senators: Eddie Ilarde, Ramon Mitra Jr., and John Henry Osmeña of the Liberals, and Ernesto Maceda of the Nacionalistas.

Nacionalista Senator Dominador Aytona lost his reelection bid.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Before election	After election
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Not up	Liberal Party (Philippines)}}	LP	Nacionalista Party}}	NP	Not up
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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

Per candidate

Per party

Defeated incumbents

Dominador Aytona (Nacionalista), 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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