1961 Philippine general election

1961 Philippine general election
November 14, 1961
 
Nominee Diosdado Macapagal Carlos P. Garcia
Party Liberal Nacionalista
Running mate Emmanuel Pelaez Gil J. Puyat
Popular vote 3,554,840 2,902,996
Percentage 55.05% 44.95%
Election results per province/city.
President before election

Carlos P. Garcia
Nacionalista

Elected President

Diosdado Macapagal
Liberal

 
Candidate Emmanuel Pelaez Sergio Osmeña Jr. Gil Puyat
Party Liberal Independent Nacionalista
Popular vote 2,394,400 2,190,424 1,787,987
Percentage 37.57% 34.37% 28.06%
Election results per province/city.
Vice President before election

Diosdado Macapagal
Liberal

Elected Vice President

Emmanuel Pelaez
Liberal

November 14, 1961
All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
53 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Daniel Romualdez Cornelio Villareal
Party Nacionalista Liberal
Leader's seat Leyte–1st Capiz–2nd
Last election 82 seats, 61.19% 19 seats, 30.17%
Seats won 74 29
Seat change 8 10
Popular vote 3,923,390 2,167,641
Percentage 61.02 33.71
Swing 0.17 3.54
Speaker before election

Daniel Romualdez
Nacionalista

Elected Speaker

Cornelio Villareal
Liberal

Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 14, 1961 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Carlos P. Garcia lost his opportunity for a second full term as President of the Philippines to Vice President President Diosdado Macapagal. His running mate, Senator Gil J. Puyat lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. Independent Candidate Cebu City Mayor Sergio Osmeña, Jr. ran for Vice President also lost by a narrow margin. Six candidates ran for president, four of whom were "nuisance" candidates. This was the only election in Philippine electoral history in which a vice-president defeated the incumbent president.

Results

President

Main article: 1961 Philippine presidential election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Diosdado MacapagalLiberal Party3,554,84055.05
Carlos P. GarciaNacionalista Party2,902,99644.95
Alfredo AbcedeFederal Party70.00
German F. VillanuevaIndependent20.00
Gregorio L. LlanzaIndependent20.00
Praxedes FloroIndependent00.00
Total6,457,847100.00
Valid votes6,457,84795.83
Invalid/blank votes280,9884.17
Total votes6,738,835100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[1]

Vice-President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Emmanuel PelaezLiberal Party2,394,40037.57
Sergio Osmeña Jr.Independent2,190,42434.37
Gil PuyatNacionalista Party1,787,98728.06
Chencay Reyes JutaDominion Status Party20.00
Total6,372,813100.00
Valid votes6,372,81394.57
Invalid/blank votes365,9925.43
Total votes6,738,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
Source: Nohlen, Grotz, Hartmann, Hasall and Santos[2]

Senate

Main article: 1961 Philippine Senate election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Raul ManglapusParty for Philippine Progress[a]3,489,65851.78
Manuel ManahanParty for Philippine Progress[a]3,088,04045.82
Lorenzo SumulongNacionalista Party2,817,22841.81
Soc RodrigoLiberal Party2,710,32240.22
Gaudencio AntoninoLiberal Party2,636,42039.12
Camilo OsíasLiberal Party2,634,78339.10
Maria Kalaw KatigbakLiberal Party2,546,14737.78
Jose RoyNacionalista Party2,443,11036.25
Tecla San Andres ZigaLiberal Party2,318,51834.41
Quintin ParedesNacionalista Party2,206,06432.74
Pacita Madrigal-GonzalesNacionalista Party2,172,26032.24
Cesar ClimacoLiberal Party2,142,74131.80
Domocao AlontoNacionalista Party1,877,69827.86
Decoroso RosalesNacionalista Party1,863,56027.65
Pedro SabidoNacionalista Party1,746,69825.92
Angel CastañoNacionalista Party1,734,24725.74
Jose E. RomeroNacionalista Party973,61214.45
Agustin MarkingIndependent127,8201.90
Francisco OfemariaIndependent41,0840.61
Ernesto HidalgoIndependent1,8780.03
Leon Javinez Sr.Independent3390.01
Jose BrionesIndependent1410.00
Total39,572,368100.00
Total votes6,738,805–
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43
  1. ^ a b Guest candidate of the Liberal Party

House of Representatives

Main article: 1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Nacionalista Party3,923,39061.02−0.1774−8
Liberal Party2,167,64133.71+3.5429+10
Nacionalista Party (independent)47,6140.74+0.6800
Liberal Party (independent)40,2200.63−0.4400
Nationalist Citizens' Party7,8370.12−2.7300
Independent243,1103.78+1.441New
Total6,429,812100.00–104+2
Valid votes6,429,81295.41+1.08
Invalid/blank votes308,9934.59−1.08
Total votes6,738,805100.00–
Registered voters/turnout8,483,56879.43+3.91
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[3] and Teehankee[4]

See also

References

  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    .
  2. ^ 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    .
  3. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Vol. 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
  4. ^ Teehankee, Julio (2002). "Electoral Politics in the Philippines" (PDF). In Croissant, Aurel (ed.). Electoral Politics in Southeast and East Asia. Singapore: Fiedrich-Ebert-Siftung. pp. 149–202 – via quezon.ph.
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