1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections

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All 104 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 53 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   NP 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

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Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 14, 1961. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Carlos P. Garcia's Nacionalista Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.^[1] However, Diosdado Macapagal of the opposition Liberal Party won the presidential election, leading to majority of the elected Nacionalista congressmen to defect to the Liberal Party. This led to Cornelio Villareal being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The elected representatives served in the 5th Congress from 1961 to 1965.

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Nacionalista Party	3,923,390	61.02	−0.17	74	−8
	Liberal Party	2,167,641	33.71	+3.54	29	+10
	Independent Nacionalista	47,614	0.74	+0.68	0	0
	Independent Liberal	40,220	0.63	−0.44	0	0
	Nationalist Citizens' Party	7,837	0.12	−2.73	0	0
	Independent	243,110	3.78	+1.44	1	New
Total		6,429,812	100.00	–	104	+2
Valid votes		6,429,812	95.41	+1.08
Invalid/blank votes		308,993	4.59	−1.08
Total votes		6,738,805	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		8,483,568	79.43	+3.91
Source: Nohlen, Grotz and Hartmann[2] and Teehankee[3]