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1969 Philippine Senate election
8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Gil Puyat; Nacionalista	Elected Senate President ; Gil Puyat; Nacionalista

A senatorial election was held on November 11, 1969 in the Philippines. While incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines, and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines, their Nacionalista Party-mates also won six of the eight contested seats in the Philippine Senate increasing their majority in the Senate.

Retiring incumbents

There are no retiring incumbents in this election.

Incumbents running elsewhere

These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election.

Genaro Magsasysay ( Liberal, elected as a Nacionalista), ran for vice president and lost
Sergio Osmeña Jr. ( Liberal), ran for president and lost

Results

The Nacionalista Party won six seats, while the Liberal Party won two.

Five incumbents successfully defended their seats. Liberals Ambrosio Padilla and Gerardo Roxas, and Nacionalistas José W. Diokno, Gil Puyat, and Arturo Tolentino.

Mamintal A.J. Tamano and Rene Espina of the Nacionalistas are the neophyte senators elected in this election.

Nacionalista Lorenzo Sumulong returns to the Senate after last serving in 1967.

Three senators lost their reelection bids: Juan Liwag and Tecla San Andres Ziga of the Liberals, and Nacionalistas' Rodolfo Ganzon.

	1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Before election		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Election result	Not up	LP		NP						Not up
After election		√	√	+	+	+	√	√	√

Key:

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

Per candidate


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista Party	4,826,809	58.84
	Gil Puyat	Nacionalista Party	4,609,233	56.19
	Jose W. Diokno	Nacionalista Party	4,566,353	55.67
	Lorenzo Sumulong	Nacionalista Party	4,204,044	51.25
	Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal Party	3,999,662	48.76
	Gerardo Roxas	Liberal Party	3,952,644	48.19
	Rene Espina	Nacionalista Party	3,668,334	44.72
	Mamintal A. J. Tamano	Nacionalista Party	3,458,193	42.16
	Rafael Palmares	Nacionalista Party	3,393,677	41.37
	Eddie Ilarde	Liberal Party	3,154,908	38.46
	Rodolfo Ganzon	Nacionalista Party	2,799,849	34.13
	Tecla San Andres Ziga	Liberal Party	2,742,113	33.43
	Juan Liwag	Liberal Party	2,355,377	28.71
	Gaudencio Mañalac	Liberal Party	2,250,665	27.44
	Manuel Cases Jr.	Liberal Party	1,909,248	23.28
	Vincenzo Sagun	Liberal Party	1,891,827	23.06
	Roger Nite	Partido Bagong Pilipino	9,087	0.11
	Ernesto Hidalgo	New Party	7,321	0.09
	Marcelina M. Angeles	Partido ng Bansa	5,192	0.06
	Antonio Mendoza	National Liberal Party	3,843	0.05
	Elsie Bawisan	Partido ng Bansa	2,176	0.03
	Petronilo Cordero	Partido ng Bansa	1,983	0.02
	Avelina Pulido	Partido ng Bansa	1,837	0.02
	Tanni Ibarra	Partido ng Bansa	1,624	0.02
	Tomas Talania	Partido ng Bansa	1,477	0.02
	Mauro Macaso	Partido ng Bansa	1,443	0.02
	Alejandro Gador	Partido ng Manggagawa/Labor Party	1,440	0.02
	Estrada Jakosalem	New Leaf Party	947	0.01
	Leopoldo Relayson	Partido ng Bansa	793	0.01
Total			53,822,099	100.00

Total votes			8,202,793	–
Registered voters/turnout			10,300,898	79.63

Per party



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Up	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Nacionalista Party	32,726,305	60.81	+5.06	4	15	6	17	+2
	Liberal Party	21,060,474	39.13	+2.09	4	8	2	6	−2
	Partido ng Bansa	16,525	0.03	−0.02	0	0	0	0	0
	Bagong Pilipinas	9,087	0.02	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Labor Party	1,440	0.00	New	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	7,321	0.01	−7.15	0	0	0	0	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party				0	1	0	1	0
Total		53,821,152	100.00	–	8	24	8	24	0

Total votes		8,202,793	–
Registered voters/turnout		10,300,898	79.63
Source: Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199249596. & Julio Teehankee. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph.

Vote share

NP			60.81%
LP			39.13%
Others			0.06%

Senate seats

NP			75.00%
LP			25.00%
Others			0.00%

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