1965 Philippine presidential election

1965 Philippine presidential election
Turnout	76.4% (3.0pp)
	Election results per province/city.
President before election; Diosdado Macapagal; Liberal	Elected President ; Ferdinand E. Marcos; Nacionalista
	1965 Philippine vice presidential election
	Election results per province/city.
Vice President before election; Emmanuel Pelaez; Nacionalista	Elected Vice President ; Fernando Lopez; Nacionalista

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 for the Misamis Oriental seat in the House of Representatives as an independent. An unprecedented twelve candidates ran for president; however, nine of those each garnered less than 200 votes.

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

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	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]

Popular vote

Marcos			51.94%
Macapagal			42.88%
Manglapus			5.17%
Others			0.01%

Vice-President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	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]

Popular vote

Lopez			48.48%
Roxas			48.11%
Manahan			3.40%
Others			0.01%

External links

^ 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.
^ 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.

[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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Results

President

Vice-President

See also

External links