# 1969 Philippine Senate election

A senatorial election was held on November 11, 1969 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines, while his running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines; their Nacionalista Party-mates also won six of the eight contested seats in the Philippine Senate increasing their majority in the Senate.

## Electoral system

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 1963; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes win the election.

## Retiring incumbents

There were no retiring incumbents in this election.

### Incumbents running elsewhere

These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.
* Genaro Magsasysay (Liberal, elected as a Nacionalista), ran for vice president and lost
* Sergio Osmeña Jr. (Liberal), ran for president and lost

## Results

The Nacionalista Party won six seats, while the Liberal Party won two.
Five incumbents successfully defended their seats. Liberals Ambrosio Padilla and Gerardo Roxas, and Nacionalistas José W. Diokno, Gil Puyat, and Arturo Tolentino.
Mamintal A.J. Tamano and Rene Espina of the Nacionalistas are the neophyte senators elected in this election.
Nacionalista Lorenzo Sumulong returns to the Senate after last serving in 1967.
Three senators lost their reelection bids: Juan Liwag and Tecla San Andres Ziga of the Liberals, and Nacionalistas' Rodolfo Ganzon.
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Key:
* ‡ Seats up
* + Gained by a party from another party
* √ Held by the incumbent
* * Held by the same party with a new senator

### Per candidate

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Arturo Tolentino | Nacionalista Party | 4,826,809 | 58.84 |
| | Gil Puyat | Nacionalista Party | 4,609,233 | 56.19 |
| | Jose W. Diokno | Nacionalista Party | 4,566,353 | 55.67 |
| | Lorenzo Sumulong | Nacionalista Party | 4,204,044 | 51.25 |
| | Ambrosio Padilla | Liberal Party | 3,999,662 | 48.76 |
| | Gerardo Roxas | Liberal Party | 3,952,644 | 48.19 |
| | Rene Espina | Nacionalista Party | 3,668,334 | 44.72 |
| | Mamintal A. J. Tamano | Nacionalista Party | 3,458,193 | 42.16 |
| | Rafael Palmares | Nacionalista Party | 3,393,677 | 41.37 |
| | Eddie Ilarde | Liberal Party | 3,154,908 | 38.46 |
| | Rodolfo Ganzon | Nacionalista Party | 2,799,849 | 34.13 |
| | Tecla San Andres Ziga | Liberal Party | 2,742,113 | 33.43 |
| | Juan Liwag | Liberal Party | 2,355,377 | 28.71 |
| | Gaudencio Mañalac | Liberal Party | 2,250,665 | 27.44 |
| | Manuel Cases Jr. | Liberal Party | 1,909,248 | 23.28 |
| | Vincenzo Sagun | Liberal Party | 1,891,827 | 23.06 |
| | Roger Nite | Partido Bagong Pilipino | 9,087 | 0.11 |
| | Ernesto Hidalgo | New Party | 7,321 | 0.09 |
| | Marcelina M. Angeles | Partido ng Bansa | 5,192 | 0.06 |
| | Antonio Mendoza | National Liberal Party | 3,843 | 0.05 |
| | Elsie Bawisan | Partido ng Bansa | 2,176 | 0.03 |
| | Petronilo Cordero | Partido ng Bansa | 1,983 | 0.02 |
| | Avelina Pulido | Partido ng Bansa | 1,837 | 0.02 |
| | Tanni Ibarra | Partido ng Bansa | 1,624 | 0.02 |
| | Tomas Talania | Partido ng Bansa | 1,477 | 0.02 |
| | Mauro Macaso | Partido ng Bansa | 1,443 | 0.02 |
| | Alejandro Gador | Partido ng Manggagawa/Labor Party | 1,440 | 0.02 |
| | Estrada Jakosalem | New Leaf Party | 947 | 0.01 |
| | Leopoldo Relayson | Partido ng Bansa | 793 | 0.01 |
| Total | Total | Total | 53,822,099 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,202,793 | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 10,300,898 | 79.63 |

### Per party

Seats :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Up | Before | Won | After | +/− |
| | Nacionalista Party | 31,526,492 | 58.58 | +2.82 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 17 | +2 |
| | Liberal Party | 22,256,444 | 41.35 | +4.32 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | −2 |
| | Partido ng Bansa | 16,525 | 0.03 | −0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Partido Bagong Pilipino | 9,087 | 0.02 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Liberal Party | 3,843 | 0.01 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | New Party | 7,321 | 0.01 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Partido ng Manggagawa/Labor Party | 1,440 | 0.00 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | New Leaf Party | 947 | 0.00 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Nationalist Citizens' Party | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 53,822,099 | 100.00 | – | 8 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 8,202,793 | – | | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 10,300,898 | 79.63 | | | | | | |
| 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. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. ||||||||||
Vote share
NP
58.58%
LP
41.35%
Others
0.07% :
Senate seats
NP
75.00%
LP
25.00%
Others
0.00% :

## Defeated incumbents

* Rodolfo Ganzon (Nacionalista), ran for mayor of Iloilo CIty in 1971 and won
* Juan Liwag (Liberal), ran for delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1970 and won
* Tecla San Andres Ziga (Liberal), retired from politics