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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.

## Results

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### President

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Main article: 1965 Philippine presidential election

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Ferdinand Marcos| Nacionalista 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| 0.00
| Aniceto A. Hidalgo| New Leaf Party| 156| 0.00
| Segundo Baldove| Partido ng Bansa| 139| 0.00
| Nic V. Garces| People’s Progressive Democratic Party| 130| 0.00
| German F. Villanueva| Independent| 106| 0.00
| Guillermo M. Mercado| Laborer Party| 27| 0.00
| Antonio Nicolas Jr.| Allied Party| 27| 0.00
| Blandino P. Ruan| Independent| 6| 0.00
| Praxedes Floro| Independent| 1| 0.00
Total| 7,434,431| 100.00
Valid votes| 7,434,431| 97.69
Invalid/blank votes| 175,620| 2.31
Total votes| 7,610,051| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 9,962,345| 76.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1]

### Vice-President

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Fernando Lopez| Nacionalista Party| 3,531,550| 48.48
| Gerardo Roxas| Liberal Party| 3,504,826| 48.11
| Manuel Manahan| Party for Philippine Progress| 247,426| 3.40
| Gonzalo D. Vasquez| Reformist Party of the Philippines| 644| 0.01
| Severo Capales| New Leaf Party| 193| 0.00
| Eleodoro Salvador| Partido ng Bansa| 172| 0.00
Total| 7,284,811| 100.00
Valid votes| 7,284,811| 95.73
Invalid/blank votes| 325,240| 4.27
Total votes| 7,610,051| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 9,962,345| 76.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]

### Senate

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Main article: 1965 Philippine Senate election

Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
Nacionalista Party
Liberal Party
Progressive Party
Nationalist Citizens' Party Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Jovito Salonga| Liberal Party| 3,629,834| 47.70
| Alejandro Almendras| Nacionalista Party| 3,472,689| 45.63
| Genaro Magsaysay| Nacionalista Party| 3,463,459| 45.51
| Sergio Osmeña Jr.| Liberal Party| 3,234,966| 42.51
| Eva Estrada-Kalaw| Nacionalista Party| 3,190,700| 41.93
| Dominador Aytona| Nacionalista Party| 3,037,666| 39.92
| Lorenzo Tañada| Nationalist Citizens' Party| 3,014,618| 39.61
| Wenceslao Lagumbay| Nacionalista Party| 2,972,525| 39.06
| Cesar Climaco| Liberal Party| 2,968,958| 39.01
| Estanislao Fernandez| Liberal Party| 2,846,320| 37.40
| Constancio Castañeda| Nacionalista Party| 2,814,032| 36.98
| Ramon Bagatsing| Liberal Party| 2,774,621| 36.46
| Bartolome Cabangbang| Nacionalista Party| 2,668,431| 35.06
| Alejandro Roces| Liberal Party| 2,663,852| 35.00
| Ramon Diaz| Liberal Party| 2,620,073| 34.43
| Lucas Paredes| Liberal Party| 2,419,573| 31.79
| Vicente Araneta| Party for Philippine Progress| 500,795| 6.58
| Amelio Mutuc| Independent| 413,074| 5.43
| Jose Feria| Party for Philippine Progress| 335,119| 4.40
| Benjamin Gaston| Party for Philippine Progress| 149,057| 1.96
| Dionisio Ojeda| Party for Philippine Progress| 143,681| 1.89
| Magdaleno Estrada| New Leaf Party| 8,766| 0.12
| Epifanio Talania| Partido ng Bansa| 3,007| 0.04
| Vicente Baldovino| Partido ng Bansa| 1,945| 0.03
| German Carbonel| Partido ng Bansa| 1,830| 0.02
| Toribia S. Valino| Partido ng Bansa| 1,750| 0.02
| Jose Villavisa| Partido ng Bansa| 1,604| 0.02
| Teodoro Gosuico Sr.| Partido ng Bansa| 1,153| 0.02
| Genovevo Baynosa| New Leaf Party| 1,101| 0.01
| Leoncio Wico Pagdanganan| Partido ng Bansa| 113| 0.00
Total| 49,355,312| 100.00
Total votes| 7,610,051| –
Registered voters/turnout| 9,962,345| 76.39

### House of Representatives

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Main article: 1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party| Votes| %| +/–| Seats| +/–
| Liberal Party| 3,721,460| 51.32| +17.61| 61| +32
| Nacionalista Party| 3,028,224| 41.76| −19.26| 38| −36
| Liberal Party (independent)| 107,001| 1.48| +0.74| 1| New
| Nacionalista Party (independent)| 71,955| 0.99| +0.36| 1| New
| Party for Philippine Progress| 41,983| 0.58| +0.58| 0| 0
| Young Philippines| 12,479| 0.17| New| 0| 0
| Republican Party| 85| 0.00| New| 0| 0
| Independent| 268,327| 3.70| −0.08| 3| +2
Total| 7,251,514| 100.00| –| 104| 0
Valid votes| 7,251,514| 95.29| −0.12|
Invalid/blank votes| 358,537| 4.71| +0.12|
Total votes| 7,610,051| 100.00| –|
Registered voters/turnout| 9,962,345| 76.39| −3.04|
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4]

## Local plebiscites

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Aside from the general election, local plebiscites were also held on this day. One was for the division of the province of Samar into three provinces, namely Eastern Samar, Northern Samar and Western Samar (renamed in 1969 as "Samar"). Six were for conversion of municipalities into cities, with two being renamed as well. All were carried, except for the cityhood of Batangas and renaming it to "Laurel City".

Location  | Plebiscite question  | For  | Against  | Total

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Total  | %  | Total  | %
Samar | Division of Samar to three provinces | 135,259 | 89.42% | 16,002  | 10.58%  | 151,261
La Carlota, Negros Occidental | Cityhood of La Carlota  | 5,622 | 73.96% | 1,979  | 26.04%  | 7,601
Bago, Negros Occidental | Cityhood of Bago  | 8,002 | 82.38% | 1,711  | 17.62%  | 9,713
Laoag, Ilocos Norte | Cityhood of Laoag  | 7,831 | 50.92% | 7,549  | 49.08%  | 15,380
San Carlos, Pangasinan | Cityhood of San Carlos  | 8,941 | 66.26% | 4,552  | 33.74%  | 13,493
General Santos, Cotabato | Cityhood and renaming to "Rajah Buayan"  | 4,422 | 59.05% | 3,066  | 40.95%  | 7,488
Batangas, Batangas | Cityhood and renaming to "Laurel City"  | 9,901  | 41.35%  | 14,044 | 58.65% | 23,945

In Leyva vs. COMELEC, the Supreme Court reversed COMELEC's proclamation of the cityhood of Rajah Buayan being approved, as it ruled that its implementing law decreed that the majority of the votes must be taken into account all of the registered voters, and not just those who voted. As the votes for cityhood were less than the majority of all voters, the Rajah Buayan's cityhood was nullified, and it reverted back as the municipality of General Santos.

## See also

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* Commission on Elections
* Politics of the Philippines
* Philippine elections
* 6th Congress of the Philippines

## References

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1. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.
2. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.
3. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
4. ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 - via quezon.ph.149-202&rft.pub=Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Teehankee&rft.aufirst=Julio&rft_id=http://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Electoral%20Politics%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1965+Philippine+general+election" class="Z3988">

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