1965 Philippine presidential election

The 1965 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 9, 1965. 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, who resigned in the Cabinet and from the Liberal Party, then sought the Nacionalista Party presidential nomination and lost it to Marcos, did not run for vice president and instead ran in the House of Representatives as an independent. An unprecedented twelve candidates ran for president; however, nine of those won 200 votes or less.

1965 Philippine presidential election
November 9, 1965
Turnout76.4% Decrease 3.0%
 
Nominee Ferdinand Marcos Diosdado Macapagal Raul Manglapus
Party Nacionalista Liberal Progressive
Running mate Fernando Lopez Gerardo Roxas Manuel Manahan
Popular vote 3,861,324 3,187,752 384,564
Percentage 51.94% 42.88% 5.17%
Election results per province/city.
President before election

Diosdado Macapagal
Liberal

 Elected President

Ferdinand E. Marcos
Nacionalista

1965 Philippine vice presidential election
November 9, 1965
 
Candidate Fernando Lopez Gerardo Roxas
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Popular vote 3,531,550 3,504,826
Percentage 48.48% 48.11%
Election results per province/city.
Vice President before election

Emmanuel Pelaez
Independent

 Elected Vice President

Fernando Lopez
Nacionalista

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This was the first election where all of the major presidential candidates were born after the end of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.

Results
Main article: Congressional canvass for the 1965 Philippine presidential election

President
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ferdinand MarcosNacionalista Party3,861,32451.94
Diosdado MacapagalLiberal Party3,187,75242.88
Raul ManglapusParty for Philippine Progress384,5645.17
Gaudencio BuenoNew Leaf Party1990.00
Aniceto A. HidalgoNLP1560.00
Segundo BaldovePartido ng Bansa1390.00
Nic V. GarcesPeople’s Progressive Democratic Party1300.00
German F. VillanuevaIndependent1060.00
Guillermo M. MercadoLabor Party270.00
Antonio Nicolas Jr.Allied Party270.00
Blandino P. RuanIndependent60.00
Praxedes FloroIndependent10.00
Total7,434,431100.00
Valid votes7,434,43197.69
Invalid/blank votes175,6202.31
Total votes7,610,051100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1]
Popular vote
Marcos
 
 51.94%
Macapagal
 
 42.88%
Manglapus
 
 5.17%
Others
 
 0.01%

Vice-President
CandidatePartyVotes%
Fernando LopezNacionalista Party3,531,55048.48
Gerardo RoxasLiberal Party3,504,82648.11
Manuel ManahanParty for Philippine Progress247,4263.40
Gonzalo D. VasquezReformist Party of the Philippines6440.01
Severo CapalesNew Leaf Party1930.00
Eleodoro SalvadorPartido ng Bansa1720.00
Total7,284,811100.00
Valid votes7,284,81195.73
Invalid/blank votes325,2404.27
Total votes7,610,051100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,962,34576.39
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]
Popular vote
Lopez
 
 48.48%
Roxas
 
 48.11%
Manahan
 
 3.40%
Others
 
 0.01%

See also
  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    .
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