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Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 9, 1965, in the Philippines. Incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to Senate President Ferdinand Marcos. His running mate, Senator Gerardo Roxas lost to former Vice President Fernando Lopez. Emmanuel Pelaez did not run for vice president. An unprecedented twelve candidates ran for president; however, nine of those were nuisance candidates.
This was the first election where all of the major presidential candidates were born after the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.
Contents
1 Results
1.1 President
1.2 Vice-President
2 See also
3 External links
Results
President
Final Official Congressional Canvass
| Candidates | Parties | Votes | % | |
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| Ferdinand Marcos | Nacionalista Party (Nationalist Party) | 3,861,324 | 51.94% | |
| Diosdado Macapagal | Liberal Party | 3,187,752 | 42.88% | |
| Raul Manglapus | Party for Philippine Progress | 384,564 | 5.17% | |
| Gaudencio Bueno | New Leaf Party | 199 | 0.01% | |
| Aniceto A. Hidalgo | New Leaf Party | 156 | ||
| Segundo B. Baldovi | Partido ng Bansa (Party of the Nation) | 139 | ||
| Nic V. Garces | People's Progressive Democratic Party | 130 | ||
| German F. Villanueva | Independent | 106 | ||
| Guillermo M. Mercado | Labor Party | 27 | ||
| Antonio Nicolas Jr. | Allied Party | 27 | ||
| Blandino P. Ruan | Philippine Pro-Socialist Party | 6 | ||
| Praxedes Floro | Independent | 1 | ||
| Total | 7,434,431 | 100% | ||
| Valid votes | 7,434,431 | 97.7% | ||
| Invalid votes | 175,620 | 2.3% | ||
| Votes cast | 7,610,051 | 76.4% | ||
| Registered voters | 9,962,345 | |||
Vice-President
| Candidate | Party | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |||
Fernando López | Nacionalista | 3,531,550 | 48.48% | |
Gerardo Roxas | Liberal | 3,504,826 | 48.11% | |
Manuel Manahan | Progressive | 247,426 | 3.40% | |
| Gonzalo D. Vasquez | RPP | 644 | 0.01% | |
| Severo Capales | NLP | 193 | 0.01% | |
| Eleodoro Salvador | Partido ng Bansa | 172 | ||
| Valid votes | 7,284,811 | 95.7% | ||
| Invalid votes | 325,240 | 4.3% | ||
Votes cast | 7,610,051 | 76.4% | ||
Registered voters | 9,962,345 | 100.00% | ||
See also
- Commission on Elections
- Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine elections
- President of the Philippines
- 6th Congress of the Philippines
External links
- The Philippine Presidency Project
- Official website of the Commission on Elections
- Diosdado Macapagal on the Presidential Museum and Library
- Ferdinand Marcos on the Presidential Museum and Library
