1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections

1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections
All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines; 53 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Cornelio Villareal; Liberal	Elected Speaker ; Cornelio Villareal; Liberal

Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 9, 1965. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Diosdado Macapagal's Liberal Party, won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.^[1] Despite Ferdinand Marcos of the opposition Nacionalista Party winning the presidential election, Liberal Party congressmen did not defect to the Nacionalista Party. This led to Cornelio Villareal being retained Speaker of the House after retaking it from Daniel Romualdez midway during the previous Congress.

The elected representatives served in the 6th Congress from 1965 to 1969.

Electoral system

The House of Representatives has at most 120 seats, 104 seats for this election, all voted via first-past-the-post in single-member districts. Each province is guaranteed at least one congressional district, with more populous provinces divided into two to seven districts.

Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	3,721,460	51.32	+17.61	61	+32
	Nacionalista Party	3,028,224	41.76	−19.26	38	−36
	Liberal Party (independent)	107,001	1.48	+0.74	1	New
	Nacionalista Party (independent)	71,955	0.99	+0.36	1	New
	Party for Philippine Progress	41,983	0.58	+0.58	0	0
	Young Philippines	12,479	0.17	New	0	0
	Republican Party	85	0.00	New	0	0
	Independent	268,327	3.70	−0.08	3	+2
Total		7,251,514	100.00	–	104	0

Valid votes		7,251,514	95.29	−0.12
Invalid/blank votes		358,537	4.71	+0.12
Total votes		7,610,051	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,962,345	76.39	−3.04
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann^[3] and Teehankee^[4]

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^ Republic Act No. 4221 (June 19, 1965), "An Act Creating the Provinces of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Western Samar", Chan Robles Virtual Law Library
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