1963 Philippine Senate election

1963 Philippine Senate election

November 12, 1963
8 (of the 24) seats in theSenate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Leader Eulogio Rodriguez Ferdinand Marcos Party Nacionalista Liberal Seats before 13 8 Seats after 11 10 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 22,983,457 22,794,310 Percentage 50.17 49.76 Swing 5.10 11.88
Senate Presidentbefore election Ferdinand Marcos Liberal ElectedSenate President Ferdinand Marcos Liberal

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

TheLiberal Partywon control of the chamber after having ten seats out of the 24-memberSenate,as the 2-member Grand Alliance (the oldProgressive Party) were caucusing with them, plusAlejandro Almendrasof the Nacionalistas who personally supported Senate PresidentFerdinand Marcos.

Retiring incumbents

Nacionalista Party

1. Oscar Ledesma

Results

TheNacionalista Partyand theLiberal Partyeach won four seats.

NacionalistasArturo TolentinoandGil Puyat,and LiberalAmbrosio Padillaall defended their seats.

Five winners are neophyte senators. These areJuan Liwag,Gerardo RoxasandTecla San Andres Zigaof the Liberal Party, and the Nacionalistas'José W. DioknoandRodolfo Ganzon.

Incumbent Nacionalista senatorsEulogio Balao,Roseller T. LimandCipriano Primcias Sr.,andRogelio de la Rosaof the Liberal Party all lost.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Before election									‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Election result	Not up								LP				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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gerardo Roxas	Liberal Party	3,623,385	46.98
	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista Party	3,570,619	46.30
	Jose W. Diokno	Nacionalista Party	3,422,828	44.38
	Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal Party	3,384,064	43.88
	Gil Puyat	Nacionalista Party	3,024,995	39.22
	Tecla San Andres Ziga	Liberal Party	3,014,686	39.09
	Rodolfo Ganzon	Nacionalista Party	2,708,385	35.12
	Juan Liwag	Liberal Party	2,704,222	35.07
	Roseller T. Lim	Nacionalista Party	2,655,866	34.44
	Cesar Climaco	Liberal Party	2,618,152	33.95
	Vicente L. Peralta	Nacionalista Party	2,605,605	33.79
	Bartolome Cabangbang	Nacionalista Party	2,572,830	33.36
	Manuel Cuenco	Liberal Party	2,495,180	32.35
	Eulogio Balao	Liberal Party	2,489,133	32.28
	Rogelio de la Rosa	Liberal Party	2,465,488	31.97
	Cipriano Primicias Sr.	Nacionalista Party	2,422,334	31.41
	Jacobo Gonzales	Independent	29,458	0.38
	Ernesto Bernal	Independent	3,663	0.05
	Eulogio Jamolin	Independent	1,577	0.02
Total			45,812,470	100.00
Total votes			7,712,019	–
Registered voters/turnout			9,691,121	79.58

Per party

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	22,983,462	50.17	+5.10	6	13	4	11	−2
	Liberal Party	22,794,310	49.76	+11.88	2	8	4	10	+2
	Independent	34,698	0.08	−0.36	0	0	0	0	0
	Progressive Party				0	2	0	2	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party				0	1	0	1	0
Total		45,812,470	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0
Total votes		7,712,019	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,691,121	79.58
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.OUP Oxford.ISBN9780199249596. &Julio Teehankee."Electoral Politics in the Philippines"(PDF).quezon.ph.

Vote share NP   50.17% LP   49.76% Others   0.08%

Senate seats NP   50.00% LP   50.00% Others   0.00%

See also

• 5th Congress of the Philippines

Also done on this day:

• 1963 Philippine local elections
• 1963 Philippine House of Representatives special elections (Batangas's 1standNegros Occidental's 1stcongressional districts)

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections