Special elections (known as "by-elections" elsewhere) to the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 14, 1967, along with the 1967 Philippine Senate election. 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.

Special elections

PartyVotes%Seats
Nacionalista Party144,09368.685
Liberal Party33,42415.930
Independent Nacionalista25,12211.970
No party indicated530.030
Independent7,1113.390
Total209,803100.005

Davao del Sur

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

CandidatePartyVotes%
Artemio LoyolaNacionalista Party32,09656.09
Vicente DuterteIndependent Nacionalista23,92241.81
Celestino CortesIndependent Nacionalista1,2002.10
Total57,218100.00
Source: [1]

Davao Oriental

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

CandidatePartyVotes%
Constancio MaglanaNacionalista Party18,51278.83
Galileo SibalaLiberal Party4,38518.67
Carlos IlustreNacionalista Party5872.50
Total23,484100.00
Source: [1]

Ilocos Norte–1st

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

CandidatePartyVotes%
Roque Ablan Jr.Nacionalista Party23,50077.32
Perfecto LlacarLiberal Party4,50114.81
Arturo RomeroLiberal Party2,3917.87
Total30,392100.00
Source: [1]

Northern Samar

Incumbent Eladio Balite died in office.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Eusebio MooreNacionalista Party18,06446.91
Raul DazaNacionalista Party12,11031.45
Macario VicencioLiberal Party8,09921.03
Jose PeñaNacionalista Party2330.61
Total38,506100.00
Source: [1]

South Cotabato

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

CandidatePartyVotes%
James ChiongbianNacionalista Party22,96238.14
Hilario De PedroNacionalista Party16,02926.62
Cornelio FalguiLiberal Party14,04823.33
Rufino Malunjao Sr.Independent5,0038.31
Jesus QuintillianIndependent2,1083.50
Dominador Soriano[lower-alpha 1]530.09
Mauro TudioLiberal Party00.00
Total60,203100.00
Source: [1]
  1. ↑ Party affiliation not indicated in certificate of candidacy

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Report of the Commission on Elections to the President of the Philippines and the Congress. Bureau of Print.
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