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

CandidatePartyVotes%
Diosdado MacapagalLiberal Party3,554,84055.05
Carlos P. GarciaNacionalista Party2,902,99644.95
Alfredo AbcedeFederal Party70.00
German P. 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

Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
  Nacionalista Party
  Liberal Party
  Progressive Party
  Nationalist Citizens' Party
 Summary of the November 14, 1961 Philippine Senate election result
Rank Candidate Party Votes %
1 Raul Manglapus Progressive1 3,489,65851.8%
2 Manuel Manahan Progressive1 3,088,04045.8%
3 Lorenzo Sumulong Nacionalista 2,817,22841.8%
4 Francisco Soc Rodrigo Liberal 2,710,32240.2%
5 Gaudencio Antonino Liberal 2,636,42039.1%
6 Camilo Osías Liberal 2,634,78339.1%
7 Maria Kalaw Katigbak Liberal 2,546,14737.8%
8 Jose Roy Nacionalista 2,443,11036.3%
9Tecla San Andres Ziga Liberal2,318,51834.4%
10Quintin Paredes Nacionalista2,206,06432.7%
11Pacita Madrigal-Gonzales Nacionalista2,172,26032.2%
12Cesar Climaco Liberal2,142,74131.8%
13Domocao Alonto Nacionalista1,877,69827.9%
14Decoroso Rosales Nacionalista1,863,56027.7%
15Pedro Sabido Nacionalista1,746,69825.9%
16Angel Castaño Nacionalista1,734,24725.7%
17Jose E. Romero Nacionalista973,61214.4%
18Agustin Marking Independent127,8201.9%
19Francisco Ofemaria Independent41,0840.6%
20Ernesto Hidalgo Independent1,8780.0%
21Leon Javinez Sr. Independent3390.0%
22Jose Briones Independent1410.0%
Total turnout6,738,80579.4%
Total votes39,572,377N/A
Registered voters8,483,568100.0%
Note: A total of 22 candidates ran for senator. Source:[3]
^1 Liberal Party's guest candidate

House of Representatives

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Nacionalista Party3,923,39061.02−0.1774−8
Liberal Party2,167,64133.71+3.5429+10
Independent Nacionalista47,6140.74+0.6800
Independent Liberal40,2200.63−0.4400
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[4] and Teehankee[5]

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. ↑ Christof Hartmann; Graham Hassall; Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (2001). Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (ed.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific Vol. II. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–230. ISBN 0199249598.
  4. ↑ 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..
  5. ↑ 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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