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1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections

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1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections

← 1965 November 14, 1967 1969 →

5 of 108 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Nacionalista Liberal Nacionalista (ind.)
Seats won 5 0 0
Popular vote 144,093 33,424 25,122
Percentage 68.68 15.93% 11.97%

Five special elections (known as "by-elections" elsewhere) to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines, were held on November 14, 1967, along with the 1967 Philippine Senate election and the 1967 Philippine constitutional plebiscite. These were for vacancies in the 6th Congress of the Philippines; the winners were to serve the rest of the term, which had ended on December 30, 1969. Political parties were allowed to field multiple candidates per district; the Nacionalista Party won in all districts.

These were the last special elections until the proclamation of martial law by president Ferdinand Marcos in 1972. The next such special elections are to be in 1993, or seven years after Marcos was overthrown after the People Power Revolution.

Electoral system

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All seats in the House of Representatives were elected from single member districts, under the first-past-the-post voting system.

The following seats were up for election

In the cases of the special elections in Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental, it was due to the creation of these new provinces from the original Davao province. The congressman from the old Davao's at-large congressional district was free to choose which province he'd continue as an incumbent on. Lorenzo Sarmiento chose to continue at Davao del Norte, another newly created province, necessitating special elections in the other two provinces.

In South Cotabato, the law creating that province specified that the incumbent congressman of Cotabato's at-large congressional district (Salipada Pendatun) shall continue to serve as congressman of the original Cotabato province.

In Ilocos Norte, incumbent Antonio Raquiza was appointed Secretary of Public Works, while in Northern Samar, incumbent Eladio Balite died in office, leaving both seats vacant.

Special elections

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PartyVotes%Seats
Nacionalista Party144,09368.685
Liberal Party33,42415.930
Nacionalista Party (independent)25,12211.970
No party indicated530.030
Independent7,1113.390
Total209,803100.005

Davao del Sur

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Davao del Sur was one of the provinces created from the division of the original Davao province.

The governor of undivided Davao province, Alejandro Almendras, supported Artemio Loyola, then switched his support to Vicente Duterte.[1] Duterte was then Secretary of General Services, had previously served as governor of Davao, and wanted to revive his political career, but was defeated by Loyola. Duterte died in 1968.[2]

1967 Davao del Sur's at-large congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Artemio LoyolaNacionalista Party32,09656.09
Vicente DuterteNacionalista Party (independent)23,92241.81
Celestino CortesNacionalista Party (independent)1,2002.10
Total57,218100.00
Majority8,17414.29
Nacionalista Party win (new seat)
Source: [3]

Davao Oriental

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Davao Oriental was one of the provinces created from the division of the original Davao province.

1967 Davao Oriental's at-large congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Constancio MaglanaNacionalista Party18,51278.83
Galileo SibalaLiberal Party4,38518.67
Carlos IlustreNacionalista Party5872.50
Total23,484100.00
Majority14,12760.16
Nacionalista Party win (new seat)
Source: [3]

Ilocos Norte's 1st district

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Incumbent Antonio Raquiza was appointed Secretary of Public Works on August 24, 1966. Ilocos Norte Provincial Board Member Roque Ablan Jr. was elected to replace Raquiza in the special election.

1967 Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Roque Ablan Jr.Nacionalista Party23,50077.32
Perfecto LlacarLiberal Party4,50114.81
Arturo RomeroLiberal Party2,3917.87
Total30,392100.00
Majority18,99962.51
Nacionalista Party gain from Liberal Party
Source: [3]

Northern Samar

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Incumbent Eladio Balite died in office on August 24, 1967. Balite himself entered Congress by winning a special election in 1955 for Samar's 1st congressional district, which would later be Northern Samar.

1967 Northern Samar's at-large congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Eusebio MooreNacionalista Party18,06446.91
Raul DazaNacionalista Party12,11031.45
Macario VicencioLiberal Party8,09921.03
Jose PeñaNacionalista Party2330.61
Total38,506100.00
Majority5,95415.46
Nacionalista Party gain from Liberal Party
Source: [3]

South Cotabato

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South Cotabato was created from the division of the original Cotabato province.

1967 South Cotabato's at-large congressional district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
James ChiongbianNacionalista Party22,96238.14
Hilario De PedroNacionalista Party16,02926.62
Cornelio FalguiLiberal Party14,04823.33
Rufino Malunjao Sr.Independent5,0038.31
Jesus QuintillianIndependent2,1083.50
Dominador Soriano[a]530.09
Mauro TudioLiberal Party00.00
Total60,203100.00
Majority6,93311.52
Nacionalista Party win (new seat)
Source: [3]
  1. ^ Party affiliation not indicated in certificate of candidacy

Among the elections on this day, this district had the smallest margin, percentage-wise.

References

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  1. ^ Dioneda, Luc (2022-06-14). "Notes from the Sidelines, №12: A Pit stop in Davao City". Medium. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  2. ^ "The governors who ruled undivided Davao (1915–67)". Davao Edge. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  3. ^ a b c d e Report of the Commission on Elections to the President of the Philippines and the Congress. Bureau of Print.
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