Philippine Senate election, 1971

Philippine Senate election, 1971

November 8, 1971
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Gil Puyat Gerardo Roxas Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats before 18 5 Seats after 16 8 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 24,819,175 33,469,677 Percentage 42.6% 57.4% Swing 18.2% 18.3%
Senate President before election Gil Puyat Nacionalista Elected Senate President Gil Puyat Nacionalista

A senatorial election were held in the Philippines on November 8, 1971. The opposition Liberal Party took 5 seats in the Philippine Senate while 3 seats were taken by the Nacionalista Party, the administration party; a consequence of the Plaza Miranda bombing on August 21, 1971 which wounded all the Liberal Party's candidates and almost took the lives of John Henry Osmeña and Jovito Salonga. Their terms as senators were cut short due to the declaration of martial law by Philippines Ferdinand Marcos on September 23, 1972.

Due to the ratification of a new constitution in 1973, Senate was abolished and the unicameral parliamentary Batasang Pambansa was instituted. In 1986, a new constitution was approved in 1987 that reverted the bicameral setup. This means that this would be the last election for the Senate until the 1987 election.

Results

Per party

 Summary of the November 8, 1971 Philippine Senate election result

Rank	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Jovito Salonga		Liberal	5,620,272	59.7%
2	Genaro Magsaysay		Liberal	4,756,376	50.5%
3	John Henry Osmeña		Liberal	4,668,092	49.6%
4	Eddie Ilarde		Liberal	4,548,069	48.3%
5	Eva Estrada-Kalaw		Nacionalista*	4,464,367	47.4%
6	Ramon Mitra, Jr.		Liberal	3,916,833	41.6%
7	Ernesto Maceda		Nacionalista	3,592,559	38.1%
8	Alejandro Almendras		Nacionalista	3,427,985	36.4%
9	Manuel Elizalde, Jr.		Nacionalista	3,407,276	36.2%
10	Melanio Singson		Liberal	3,130,332	33.2%
11	Dominador Aytona		Nacionalista	3,119,995	33.1%
12	Juan Ponce Enrile		Nacionalista	3,044,461	32.3%
13	Salipada K. Pendatun		Liberal	2,885,336	30.6%
14	Blas Ople		Nacionalista	2,654,067	28.2%
15	Leonila D. Garcia		Nacionalista	2,473,684	26.3%
16	Cipriano Tito Primicias, Jr.		Nacionalista	2,099,148	22.3%
Total turnout				9,419,568	80.8%
Total votes				58,288,852	N/A
Registered voters				11,661,909	100.0%
Note: A total of 16 candidates ran for senator.				Source:

*Liberal Party's guest candidate.

Per party

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Total	%	Swing	Won	Before	After	%	+/−
	Liberal	33,469,677	57.4%	18.3%	5	4	8	33.3%	4
	Nacionalista	24,819,175	42.6%	18.2%	3	19	16	66.7%	3
	NCP	0	0.0%		0	1	0	0.0%	1
Totals		58,288,852	100%	—	8	24	24	100.0%

See also

• Commission on Elections
• 7th Congress of the Philippines

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections