1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections

Five special elections (known as "by-elections" elsewhere) to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines, were held on November 14, 1967, along with the 1967 Philippine Senate election and the 1967 Philippine constitutional plebiscite. These were for vacancies in the 6th Congress of the Philippines; the winners were to serve the rest of the term, which had ended on December 30, 1969. Political parties were allowed to field multiple candidates per district; the Nacionalista Party won in all districts.

These were the last special elections until the proclamation of martial law by president Ferdinand Marcos in 1972. The next such special elections are to be in 1993, or seven years after Marcos was overthrown after the People Power Revolution.

Electoral system

All seats in the House of Representatives were elected from single member districts, under the first-past-the-post voting system.

The following seats were up for election

In the cases of the special elections in Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental, it was due to the creation of these new provinces from the original Davao province. The congressman from the old Davao's at-large congressional district was free to choose which province he'd continue as an incumbent on. Lorenzo Sarmiento chose to continue at Davao del Norte, another newly created province, necessitating special elections in the other two provinces.

In South Cotabato, the law creating that province specified that the incumbent congressman of Cotabato's at-large congressional district (Salipada Pendatun) shall continue to serve as congressman of the original Cotabato province.

In Ilocos Norte, incumbent Antonio Raquiza was appointed Secretary of Public Works, while in Northern Samar, incumbent Eladio Balite died in office, leaving both seats vacant.

Special elections


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Nacionalista Party	144,093	68.68	5
	Liberal Party	33,424	15.93	0
	Nacionalista Party (independent)	25,122	11.97	0
	No party indicated	53	0.03	0
	Independent	7,111	3.39	0
Total		209,803	100.00	5

Davao del Sur

Davao del Sur was one of the provinces created from the division of the original Davao province.

The governor of undivided Davao province, Alejandro Almendras, supported Artemio Loyola, then switched his support to Vicente Duterte.^[1] Duterte was then Secretary of General Services, had previously served as governor of Davao, and wanted to revive his political career, but was defeated by Loyola. Duterte died in 1968.^[2]

1967 Davao del Sur's at-large congressional district special election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Artemio Loyola	Nacionalista Party	32,096	56.09
	Vicente Duterte	Nacionalista Party (independent)	23,922	41.81
	Celestino Cortes	Nacionalista Party (independent)	1,200	2.10
Total			57,218	100.00

Majority			8,174	14.29
	Nacionalista Party win (new seat)
Source: ^[3]

Davao Oriental

Davao Oriental was one of the provinces created from the division of the original Davao province.

1967 Davao Oriental's at-large congressional district special election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Constancio Maglana	Nacionalista Party	18,512	78.83
	Galileo Sibala	Liberal Party	4,385	18.67
	Carlos Ilustre	Nacionalista Party	587	2.50
Total			23,484	100.00

Majority			14,127	60.16
	Nacionalista Party win (new seat)
Source: ^[3]

Ilocos Norte's 1st district

Incumbent Antonio Raquiza was appointed Secretary of Public Works on August 24, 1966. Ilocos Norte Provincial Board Member Roque Ablan Jr. was elected to replace Raquiza in the special election.

1967 Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district special election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Roque Ablan Jr.	Nacionalista Party	23,500	77.32
	Perfecto Llacar	Liberal Party	4,501	14.81
	Arturo Romero	Liberal Party	2,391	7.87
Total			30,392	100.00

Majority			18,999	62.51
	Nacionalista Party gain from Liberal Party
Source: ^[3]

Northern Samar

Incumbent Eladio Balite died in office on August 24, 1967. Balite himself entered Congress by winning a special election in 1955 for Samar's 1st congressional district, which would later be Northern Samar.

1967 Northern Samar's at-large congressional district special election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Eusebio Moore	Nacionalista Party	18,064	46.91
	Raul Daza	Nacionalista Party	12,110	31.45
	Macario Vicencio	Liberal Party	8,099	21.03
	Jose Peña	Nacionalista Party	233	0.61
Total			38,506	100.00

Majority			5,954	15.46
	Nacionalista Party gain from Liberal Party
Source: ^[3]

South Cotabato

South Cotabato was created from the division of the original Cotabato province.

1967 South Cotabato's at-large congressional district special election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	James Chiongbian	Nacionalista Party	22,962	38.14
	Hilario De Pedro	Nacionalista Party	16,029	26.62
	Cornelio Falgui	Liberal Party	14,048	23.33
	Rufino Malunjao Sr.	Independent	5,003	8.31
	Jesus Quintillian	Independent	2,108	3.50
	Dominador Soriano	^[a]	53	0.09
	Mauro Tudio	Liberal Party	0	0.00
Total			60,203	100.00

Majority			6,933	11.52
	Nacionalista Party win (new seat)
Source: ^[3]

^ Party affiliation not indicated in certificate of candidacy

Among the elections on this day, this district had the smallest margin, percentage-wise.

References

^ Dioneda, Luc (2022-06-14). "Notes from the Sidelines, №12: A Pit stop in Davao City". Medium. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^ "The governors who ruled undivided Davao (1915–67)". Davao Edge. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Report of the Commission on Elections to the President of the Philippines and the Congress. Bureau of Print.

External links

Republic Act No. 4849, or An Act Creating the Province of South Cotabato
Republic Act No. 4867, or An Act Creating the Provinces of Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental
Proclamation No. 249, s. 1967, calling for a special election in Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district
Proclamation No. 258, s. 1967, calling for a special election in Northern Samar's at-large congressional district

[4] Party affiliation not indicated in certificate of candidacy

[1] Dioneda, Luc (2022-06-14). "Notes from the Sidelines, №12: A Pit stop in Davao City". Medium. Retrieved 2024-02-20.

[2] "The governors who ruled undivided Davao (1915–67)". Davao Edge. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2024-02-20.

[COMELEC-3] Report of the Commission on Elections to the President of the Philippines and the Congress. Bureau of Print.

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