| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferdinand Marcos | Nacionalista Party | 3,861,324 | 51.94 | |
| Diosdado Macapagal | Liberal Party | 3,187,752 | 42.88 | |
| Raul Manglapus | Party for Philippine Progress | 384,564 | 5.17 | |
| Gaudencio Bueno | New Leaf Party | 199 | 0.00 | |
| Aniceto A. Hidalgo | New Leaf Party | 156 | 0.00 | |
| Segundo Baldove | Partido ng Bansa | 139 | 0.00 | |
| Nic V. Garces | People’s Progressive Democratic Party | 130 | 0.00 | |
| German F. Villanueva | Independent | 106 | 0.00 | |
| Guillermo M. Mercado | Laborer Party | 27 | 0.00 | |
| Antonio Nicolas Jr. | Allied Party | 27 | 0.00 | |
| Blandino P. Ruan | Independent | 6 | 0.00 | |
| Praxedes Floro | Independent | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 7,434,431 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 7,434,431 | 97.69 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 175,620 | 2.31 | ||
| Total votes | 7,610,051 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,962,345 | 76.39 | ||
| Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1] | ||||
- ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific.