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 a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.[1]
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The elected representatives served 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 enabled 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 Assembly).
Electoral system
editThe House of Representatives has at most 120 seats, 110 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 or more districts.
Congress has the power of redistricting three years after each census.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Nacionalista Party | 4,590,374 | 58.93 | +17.17 | 88 | +50 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,641,786 | 33.91 | −17.41 | 18 | −43 | |
| Nacionalista Party (independent) | 129,424 | 1.66 | +0.67 | 2 | +1 | |
| Liberal Party (independent) | 24,546 | 0.32 | −1.16 | 0 | −1 | |
| Party for Philippine Progress | 5,031 | 0.06 | −0.52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Young Philippines | 3,917 | 0.05 | −0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reformist Party | 43 | 0.00 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 394,700 | 5.07 | +1.37 | 2 | −1 | |
| Total | 7,789,821 | 100.00 | – | 110 | +6 | |
| Valid votes | 7,789,821 | 94.97 | −0.32 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 412,970 | 5.03 | +0.32 | |||
| Total votes | 8,202,791 | 100.00 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,300,898 | 79.63 | +3.24 | |||
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3] | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Quezon, Manuel III (2007-06-06). "An abnormal return to normality". PCIJ.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
- ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.
- Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
- Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
- Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.