1971 Philippine Senate election

Philippine Senate elections are held via plurality block voting with staggered elections, with the country as an at-large district. The Senate has 24 seats, of which 8 seats are up every 2 years. The eight seats up were last contested in 1965; each voter has eight votes and can vote up to eight names, of which the eight candidates with the most votes winning the election.

1. Wenceslao Lagumbay (Nacionalista), ran for governor of Laguna in 1980 and lost, ran for member of parliament from Laguna's at-large district in 1984 and won
2. Sergio Osmeña Jr. (Liberal), retired from politics
3. Lorenzo Tañada (NCP), retired from electoral politics

The Liberal Party won five seats, while the Nacionalista Party won three.

Two Liberal incumbents successfully defended their seats: Genaro Magsaysay and Jovito Salonga, while Alejandro Almendras and Eva Estrada Kalaw of the Nacionalistas successfully defended their seats, as well.

The other four winners are neophyte senators: Eddie Ilarde, Ramon Mitra Jr., and John Henry Osmeña of the Liberals, and Ernesto Maceda of the Nacionalistas.

Nacionalista Senator Dominador Aytona lost his reelection bid.

• ‡ Seats up
• + Gained by a party from another party
• √ Held by the incumbent
• * Held by the same party with a new senator

{{Philippine Senate election, 1971}}

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|source={{cite book |author1=Dieter Nohlen|author2=Florian Grotz|author3=Christof Hartmann|author4=Graham Hassall|author5=Soliman M. Santos |title=
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific |date=15 November 2001|isbn=9780199249596|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YK8SDAAAQBAJ}}
& {{cite web|title=Electoral Politics in the Philippines|author=Julio Teehankee|url=http://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Electoral%20Politics%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf|publisher=quezon.ph}}

}}

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{{bar percent|LP|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}|57.42}}

{{bar percent|NP|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|42.58}}

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{{bar percent|LP|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}|62.50}}

{{bar percent|NP|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|37.50}}

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1. Dominador Aytona (Nacionalista), retired from politics

• Also held on this day:
• 1971 Philippine local elections
• 1971 Siquijor creation plebiscite
• 1971 Quirino provincial creation plebiscite
• Incorporation plebiscites for:
• Carmen, Surigao del Sur
• Dupex del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya
• Pines, Misamis Occidental
• Renaming plebiscite for Olongapo, to be renamed as "Pres. Magsaysay City"
• Commission on Elections
• 7th Congress of the Philippines

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.comelec.gov.ph Official website of the Commission on Elections]

{{Philippine elections}}

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Category:1971 elections in the Philippines