- Source: 1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections
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. 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.
Redistricting
= Changes from the 5th Congress
=Dividing Samar to Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, and Western Samar:
The municipalities included in Samar's 1st congressional district, except for Calbayog, were included in the at-large district of the newly created province of Northern Samar.
Calbayog (from the 1st district), along with the city of Catbalogan and the municipalities included in Samar's 2nd congressional district, were included in the at-large district of the newly created province of Western Samar.
The municipalities included in Samar's 3rd congressional district were included in the at-large district of the newly created province of Eastern Samar.
Enacted as Republic Act No. 4221
Took effect following the 1965 Samar division plebiscite
Results
See also
Also held on this day:
1965 Iloilo's 3rd congressional district special election: The result of the general election shall also serve as the result of the special election, and the winning candidate shall serve right away in the lame duck session of the 5th Congress
6th Congress of the Philippines
References
Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. Philippine Historical Association. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
Teehankee, Julio. "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). quezon.ph. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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