1967 Philippine Senate election


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

  1. Manuel Manahan, retired from politics
  2. Raul Manglapus, ran for senator in 1987 and won
  3. Lorenzo Sumulong, ran for senator in 1969 and won

Mid-term vacancies

  1. Gaudencio Antonino, 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 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.
Key:
  • ‡ Seats up
  • + Gained by a party from another party
  • √ Held by the incumbent
  • * Held by the same party with a new senator
  • ^ Vacancy

Defeated incumbents

  1. Maria Kalaw Katigbak, retired from politics
  2. Camilo Osias, retired from politics
  3. Soc Rodrigo, retired from politics