Philippine general election, 1965

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 19, 1965 in the Philippines. 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 did not run for vice president. An unprecedented twelve candidates ran for president, however nine of those were nuisance candidates.

[edit] Results

Final Official Congressional Canvass

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Ferdinand Marcos	Nacionalista Party	3,861,324	51.94%
Diosdado Macapagal	Liberal Party	3,187,752	42.88%
Raul Manglapus	Progressive Party	384,564	5.17%
Gaudencio Bueno	New Leaf Party	199
Aniceto A. Hidalgo	NLP	156
Segundo B. Baldovi	Partido ng Bansa	139
Nic V. Garces	People’s Progressive Democratic Party	130
German F. Villanueva	Independent	106
Guillermo M. Mercado	Labor	27
Antonio Nicolas Jr.	Allied Party	27
Blandino P. Ruan	Philippine Pro-Socialist Party	6
Praxedes Floro	Independent	1

Final Official Congressional Canvass

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Fernando Lopez	Nacionalista Party	5,001,737	57.14%
Gerardo Roxas	Liberal Party	3,504,826	40.04%
Manuel Manahan	Progressive Party	247,426	2.83%

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes
1	Jovito Salonga	Liberal	3,629,834
2	Alejandro Almendras	Nacionalista	3,472,689
3	Genaro Magsaysay	Nacionalista	3,463,459
4	Sergio Osmeña Jr.	Liberal	3,234,966
5	Eva Estrada Kalaw	Nacionalista	3,494,000
6	Dominador Aytona	Nacionalista	3,037,666
7	Lorenzo Tañada	Nationalist Citizens' Party	3,014,618
8	Wenceslao Lagumbay	Nacionalista	2,972,525

9	Cesar Climaco	Liberal	2,968,958
10	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal	2,846,320
11	Constancio Castañeda	Nacionalista	2,814,032
12	Ramon Bagatsing	Liberal	2,774,621
13	Bartolome Cabangbang	Nacionalista	2,668,431
14	Alejandro Roces	Liberal	2,663,852
15	Ramon Diaz	Liberal	2,620,073
16	Lucas Paredes	Liberal	2,419,573
17	Vicente Araneta	Party for Philippine Progress	500,795
18	Amelio Mutuc	Independent	413,074
19	Jose Feria	Party for Philippine Progress	335,119
20	Benjamin Gaston	Party for Philippine Progress	149,057
21	Dionisio Ojeda	Party for Philippine Progress	143,681
22	Magdaleno Estrada	New Leaf Party	8,766
23	Epifanio Talania	Partido ng Bansa	3,007
24	Vicente Baldovino	Partido ng Bansa	1,945
25	German Carbonel	Partido ng Bansa	1,830
26	Toribia S. Valino	Partido ng Bansa	1,750
27	Jose Villavisa	Partido ng Bansa	1,604
27	Teodoro Gosuico Sr.	Partido ng Bansa	1,153
28	Genovevo Baynosa	New Leaf Party	1,101
29	Leoncio Wico Pagdanganan	Partido ng Bansa	113