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Selection of the Southeast Asian country's head of state
1965 Philippine presidential election Turnout 76.4% 3.0%
Election results per province/city.
1965 Philippine vice presidential election
Election results per province/city.
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.
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 [ edit ]
President [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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%
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