1963 Philippine Senate election

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8 (of the 24) seats in theSenate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Eulogio Rodriguez Ferdinand Marcos Party Nacionalista Liberal Seats before 13 (6 up) 8 (2 up) Seats won 4 4 Seats after 11 10 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 22,983,457 22,794,310 Percentage 50.17 49.76 Swing 5.10 11.88
Senate President before election Ferdinand Marcos Liberal ElectedSenate President Ferdinand Marcos Liberal

A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1963 in thePhilippines. The 1963 elections were known as a midterm election as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway throughPresidentDiosdado Macapagal's four-year term.

TheLiberal Party won control of the chamber after having ten seats out of the 24-memberSenate, as the 2-member Grand Alliance (the oldProgressive Party) were caucusing with them, plusAlejandro Almendras of the Nacionalistas who personally supported Senate PresidentFerdinand Marcos.

Philippine Senate elections are held viaplurality block voting withstaggered elections, with the country as anat-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1957; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.

1. Oscar Ledesma (Nacionalista), appointed asambassador to the United States in 1964

TheNacionalista Party and theLiberal Party each won four seats.

NacionalistasArturo Tolentino andGil Puyat, and LiberalAmbrosio Padilla all defended their seats.

Five winners are neophyte senators. These areJuan Liwag,Gerry Roxas andTecla San Andres Ziga of the Liberal Party, and the Nacionalistas'José W. Diokno andRodolfo Ganzon.

Incumbent Nacionalista senatorsEulogio Balao,Roseller T. Lim andCipriano Primicias Sr., andRogelio de la Rosa of the Liberal Party all lost.

Key:

• ‡ Seats up
• + Gained by a party from another party
• √ Held by the incumbent
• * Held by the same party with a new senator
• ^ Vacancy

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	22,983,462	50.17	+5.10	6	13	4	11	−2
	Liberal Party	22,794,310	49.76	+11.88	2	8	4	10	+2
	Independent	34,698	0.08	−0.36	0	0	0	0	0
	Progressive Party				0	2	0	2	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party				0	1	0	1	0
Total		45,812,470	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0
Total votes		7,712,019	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,691,121	79.58
Source:[1][2]

1. Eulogio Balao (Nacionalista) retired from politics
2. Rogelio de la Rosa (Liberal) appointed as ambassador toCambodia in 1965
3. Roseller T. Lim (Nacionalista) ranin 1967 and lost, ran as delegate to theConstitutional Conventionin 1970 and won
4. Cipriano Primicias Sr. (Nacionalista) retired from politics

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