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Philippine Senate election, 1971

Philippine Senate election, 1971
Philippines
← 1969 November 8, 1971 1978 (parliamentary) →

8 (of the 24) seats in the Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Gil Puyat Gerardo Roxas
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large
Seats before 18 5
Seats after 16 8
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 3
Popular vote 24,819,175 33,469,677
Percentage 42.6% 57.4%
Swing Decrease 18.2% Increase 18.3%

Senate President before election

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

Elected Senate President

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista


Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

Gil Puyat
Nacionalista

A senatorial election were held in the Philippines on November 8, 1971. The opposition Liberal Party took 5 seats in the Philippine Senate while 3 seats were taken by the Nacionalista Party, the administration party; a consequence of the Plaza Miranda bombing on August 21, 1971 which wounded all the Liberal Party's candidates and almost took the lives of John Henry Osmeña and Jovito Salonga. Their terms as senators were cut short due to the declaration of martial law by Philippines Ferdinand Marcos on September 23, 1972.

Due to the ratification of a new constitution in 1973, Senate was abolished and the unicameral parliamentary Batasang Pambansa was instituted. In 1986, a new constitution was approved in 1987 that reverted the bicameral setup. This means that this would be the last election for the Senate until the 1987 election.

*Liberal Party's guest candidate.


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