# 1969 Philippine presidential election

The 1969 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 11, 1969. Incumbent Nacionalista President Ferdinand Marcos was reelected to a second term, defeating Liberal Sergio Osmeña Jr., senator and former Cebu City mayor. Marcos was the last president in the entire electoral history of the Philippines who ran for and won a second term. His running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez, was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines. A total of twelve candidates ran for president, but ten of those got less than 0.01% of the vote. Despite Marcos' win, Osmeña never conceded defeat.
Constitutionally barred for a third term, Marcos sought to amend the constitution to allow him to do so. A constitutional convention was elected in 1970 for this purpose. Growing unrest led to Marcos declaring martial law in 1972. Months later, the constitutional convention passed a new constitution, which was subsequently ratified in a plebiscite in 1973. Marcos then ruled by decree, and a presidential election would not be held again until 1981. The office of the vice president was abolished in the new constitution but was reinstated in 1984, and an election for it was first held in 1986.

## Results
### For president

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Ferdinand Marcos | Nacionalista Party | 5,017,343 | 62.24 |
| | Sergio Osmeña Jr. | Liberal Party | 3,043,122 | 37.75 |
| | Pascual Racuyal | Independent | 778 | 0.01 |
| | Segundo Baldovi | Partido ng Bansa | 177 | 0.00 |
| | Pantaleon H. Panelo | Independent | 123 | 0.00 |
| | German F. Villanueva | Independent | 82 | 0.00 |
| | Gaudencio Bueno | New Leaf Party | 44 | 0.00 |
| | Angel Comagon | Independent | 35 | 0.00 |
| | Cesar Bulacan | Independent | 31 | 0.00 |
| | Espiridion D. Buencamino | NP | 23 | 0.00 |
| | Nic V. Garces | Philippine Pro-Socialist Party | 23 | 0.00 |
| | Benito Jose | Independent | 23 | 0.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,061,804 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,061,804 | 98.28 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 140,989 | 1.72 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,202,793 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 10,300,898 | 79.63 |
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos |||||
Popular vote
Marcos
61.47%
Osmeña
38.51%
Others
0.02% :

### For vice-president

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Fernando Lopez | Nacionalista Party | 5,001,737 | 62.75 |
| | Genaro Magsaysay | Liberal Party | 2,968,526 | 37.24 |
| | Victoriano Mallari | Partido ng Bansa | 229 | 0.00 |
| | Modesto T. Jalandoni | Philippine Pro-Socialist Party | 161 | 0.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,970,653 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 7,970,653 | 97.17 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 232,140 | 2.83 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,202,793 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 10,300,898 | 79.63 |
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos |||||
Popular vote
Lopez
62.75%
Magsaysay
37.24% :

## Aftermath

Despite the electoral victory of president Marcos, Osmeña never conceded defeat.
Marcos, who was term-limited in the upcoming 1973 election, proposed drafting a new constitution. An election in 1970 elected delegates to the constitutional convention. Due to rising unrest, Marcos declared martial law and suspended the current (1935) constitution in 1972. The constitutional convention, which by then had seen its delegates opposed to Marcos dictatorship arrested or fled the country, then passed its draft constitution, and a plebiscite in January 1973 approved the constitution. A petition declaring that the 1973 constitution as unlawfully enacted was dismissed by the Supreme Court. Further plebiscites in July 1973 and 1977 extended Marcos's term, and a presidential election wouldn't be held again until 1981.