Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1969
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The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 11, 1969. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Ferdinand Marcos's Nacionalista Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1]
The elected representatives will serve in the 7th Congress from 1969 to 1973, although it was cut short due to the proclamation of martial law on September 23, 1972 by president Marcos. The proclamation suspended the constitution and closed both chambers of Congress, which allowed Marcos to rule by decree. The Constitutional Convention then passed a new constitution, which was approved by the electorate in a 1973 plebiscite that abolished the bicameral Congress and instead instituted a unicameral Batasang Pambansa (National Legislature or the parliament).
Marcos was overthrown in the People Power Revolution in 1986 and a new constitution was approved on a 1987 plebiscite which restored the bicameral Congress. The first elections for the restored House of Representatives would be on 1987.
Results
Party | Popular vote | Seats won | |||||
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Total | % | Swing | Total | % | +/− | ||
Nacionalista | 4,590,374 | 58.93% | 17.17% | 88 | 80.00% | 50 | |
Liberal | 2,641,786 | 33.91% | 17.41% | 18 | 16.36% | 43 | |
Independent Nacionalista | 129,424 | 1.66% | 0.67% | 2 | 1.82% | 1 | |
Independent Liberal | 24,546 | 0.32% | 1.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | |
Party for Philippine Progress | 5,031 | 0.06% | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Young Philippines | 3,917 | 0.05% | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Reformist | 43 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | 394,700 | 5.07% | 1.37% | 2 | 1.82% | 1 | |
Total | 7,789,821 | 100% | 110 | 100% | 6 | ||
Valid votes | 7,789,821 | 94.97% | |||||
Invalid votes | 412,970 | 5.03% | |||||
Total turnout | 8,202,791 | 79.63% | |||||
Registered voters | 10,300,898 | 100% | |||||
Sources: Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz, Christof Hartmann, Graham Hassall & Soliman M. Santos. Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. |
See also
References
- ↑ Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
- Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
- Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.