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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1969 Philippine House of Representatives elections

← 1965 November 11, 1969 1978 →
All 110 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 56 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   LP Leader José Laurel, Jr. Justiniano Montano Party Nacionalista Liberal Leader's seat Capiz–2nd Cavite Last election 38 seats, 41.76% 61 seats, 51.32% Seats won 88 18 Seat change 50 43 Popular vote 4,590,374 2,641,786 Percentage 58.93% 33.91% Swing 17.17% 17.41%
Speaker before election José Laurel, Jr. Nacionalista Elected Speaker José Laurel, Jr. Nacionalista

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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).

• 7th Congress of the Philippines