1967 Philippine Senate election

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8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Gil Puyat Ambrosio Padilla Magnolia Antonino Party Nacionalista Liberal Nacionalista (ind.) Seats before 11 (2 up) 11 (5 up) 0 Seats won 6 1 1 Seats after 15 7 1 Seat change 4 4 1 Popular vote 27,237,424 18,094,284 3,466,676 Percentage 55.75 37.04 7.10 Swing 11.95 9.89 7.10
Senate President before election Gil Puyat Nacionalista Elected Senate President Gil Puyat Nacionalista

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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.

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.

Both were originally elected under the Progressive Party banner in 1961.

1. Manuel Manahan
2. Raul Manglapus

1. Lorenzo Sumulong

1. Gaudencio Antonino (Nacionalista), died on November 13, 1967

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 (originally elected as a Liberal) 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

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	27,237,424	55.75	+11.95	2	11	6	15	+4
	Liberal Party	18,094,284	37.04	−9.89	5	11	1	7	−4
	Nacionalista Party (independent)	3,466,676	7.10	New	0	0	1	1	+1
	Liberal Party (independent)	33,642	0.07	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Partido ng Bansa	23,557	0.05	+0.02	0	0	0	0	0
	Republican Party	269	0.00	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	160	0.00	−0.84	0	0	0	0	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party				0	1	0	1	0
Vacancy					1	1	0	0	−1
Total		48,856,012	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0
Total votes		7,957,019	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,744,604	81.66
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. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

• Maria Kalaw Katigbak (Liberal) retired from politics
• Camilo Osias (Liberal) retired from politics
• Soc Rodrigo (Liberal) retired from politics

• Also held on this day:
  • 1967 Philippine constitutional plebiscite
  • 1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections (Davao del Sur's at-large district, Davao Oriental's at-large district, Ilocos Norte's 1st district, Northern Samar's at-large district and South Cotabato's at-large district)
  • 1967 Philippine local elections
  • 1967 Agusan division plebiscite
• 6th Congress of the Philippines

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