# 1967 Philippine Senate election

A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1967, in the Philippines. The 1967 election for the members of the Philippine Senate were also known as the 1967 midterm election, as the date where the elected candidates take office falls halfway through President Ferdinand Marcos' four-year term. The administration Nacionalista Party won seven seats in the Philippine Senate while the Liberal Party won one seat; the Nacionalistas got the majority in the Senate after having twelve of the 24 seats in the Senate prior to the election.

## 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 1961; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.

## Retiring incumbents

* Manuel Manahan (Liberal), retired from politics
* Raul Manglapus (Liberal), ran for senator in 1987 and won
* Lorenzo Sumulong (Nacionalista), ran for senator in 1969 and won

### Mid-term vacancies

* Gaudencio Antonino (Nacionalista), died on November 13, 1967

## Results

The Nacionalista Party won seven seats, while the Liberal Party won one.
Jose Roy of the Nacionalistas garnered the highest number of votes and was the sole incumbent to defend his seat.
Six winners are neophyte senators. These are the Nacionalistas' Helena Benitez, Salvador Laurel and Leonardo Perez, the Liberals' sole winner Benigno Aquino Jr., and independent candidate Magnolia Antonino, who was the wife of Senator Gaudencio Antonino of the Nacionalistas (originally elected as a Liberal) who died on election eve. She substituted for him and won the election.
Emmanuel Pelaez returns to the Senate, this time under the banner of the Nacionalistas, after last serving in 1959 as a Progressive.
Three Liberal senators lost their seats: Maria Kalaw Katigbak, Camilo Osias, and Soc Rodrigo.
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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
* ^ Vacancy

### Per candidate

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Jose Roy | Nacionalista Party | 4,116,549 | 51.73 |
| | Benigno Aquino Jr. | Liberal Party | 3,940,529 | 49.52 |
| | Magnolia Antonino | Nacionalista Party (independent) | 3,466,676 | 43.57 |
| | Salvador Laurel | Nacionalista Party | 3,459,870 | 43.48 |
| | Leonardo Perez | Nacionalista Party | 3,440,011 | 43.23 |
| | Emmanuel Pelaez | Nacionalista Party | 3,437,135 | 43.20 |
| | Lorenzo Teves | Nacionalista Party | 3,393,952 | 42.65 |
| | Helena Benitez | Nacionalista Party | 3,305,585 | 41.54 |
| | Emilio Espinosa Jr. | Nacionalista Party | 3,148,904 | 39.57 |
| | Fernando R. Veloso | Nacionalista Party | 2,935,418 | 36.89 |
| | Maria Kalaw Katigbak | Liberal Party | 2,434,856 | 30.60 |
| | Soc Rodrigo | Liberal Party | 2,153,849 | 27.07 |
| | Felixberto Serrano | Liberal Party | 2,133,150 | 26.81 |
| | Camilo Osías | Liberal Party | 1,991,663 | 25.03 |
| | Larry Henares | Liberal Party | 1,959,639 | 24.63 |
| | Roseller T. Lim | Liberal Party | 1,790,741 | 22.51 |
| | Jose Briones | Liberal Party | 1,678,178 | 21.09 |
| | Asaad Usman | Liberal Party (independent) | 33,642 | 0.42 |
| | Antonio Mendoza | Liberal Party | 11,679 | 0.15 |
| | Victorina Cruz | Partido ng Bansa | 7,584 | 0.10 |
| | Marcelina Angeles | Partido ng Bansa | 3,104 | 0.04 |
| | Paquito Alipio | Partido ng Bansa | 2,776 | 0.03 |
| | Segundo Baldon | Partido ng Bansa | 2,516 | 0.03 |
| | Victoriano Villaflor | Partido ng Bansa | 2,306 | 0.03 |
| | Amado Ordinario | Partido ng Bansa | 2,011 | 0.03 |
| | Jose Villavisa | Partido ng Bansa | 1,722 | 0.02 |
| | Sergio Olidan | Partido ng Bansa | 1,538 | 0.02 |
| | Francisco Quines | Republican Party | 269 | 0.00 |
| | Cayetano Bartolini | Independent | 160 | 0.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 48,856,012 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,957,019 | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 9,744,604 | 81.66 |
| Source: |||||
* ↑ Substituted for her husband Gaudencio Antonino who died a day before the election.
* ↑ Guest candidate of the Nacionalista Party
* ↑ Guest candidate of the Liberal Party

### Per party

Seats :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Up | Before | Won | After | +/− |
| | Nacionalista Party | 27,237,424 | 55.75 | +11.95 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 15 | +4 |
| | Liberal Party | 18,094,284 | 37.04 | −9.89 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 7 | −4 |
| | Nacionalista Party (independent) | 3,466,676 | 7.10 | New | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
| | Liberal Party (independent) | 33,642 | 0.07 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Partido ng Bansa | 23,557 | 0.05 | +0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Republican Party | 269 | 0.00 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | 160 | 0.00 | −0.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Nationalist Citizens' Party | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vacancy | Vacancy | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −1 |
| Total | Total | 48,856,012 | 100.00 | – | 8 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 7,957,019 | – | | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 9,744,604 | 81.66 | | | | | | |
| 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. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. ||||||||||
Vote share
NP
55.75%
LP
37.04%
Others
7.21% :
Senate seats
NP
75.00%
LP
12.50%
Others
12.50% :

## Defeated incumbents

* Maria Kalaw Katigbak (Liberal), retired from politics
* Camilo Osias (Liberal), retired from politics
* Soc Rodrigo (Liberal), retired from politics