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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 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

Main article: 1961 Philippine Senate election
Representation of results; seats contested are inside the box.
  Nacionalista Party
  Liberal Party
  Progressive Party
  Nationalist Citizens' Party
e • d Summary of the November 14, 1961 Philippine Senate election result
Rank Candidate Party Votes %
1 Raul Manglapus Progressive1 3,489,658 51.8%
2 Manuel Manahan Progressive1 3,088,040 45.8%
3 Lorenzo Sumulong Nacionalista 2,817,228 41.8%
4 Francisco Soc Rodrigo Liberal 2,710,322 40.2%
5 Gaudencio Antonino Liberal 2,636,420 39.1%
6 Camilo Osías Liberal 2,634,783 39.1%
7 Maria Kalaw Katigbak Liberal 2,546,147 37.8%
8 Jose Roy Nacionalista 2,443,110 36.3%
9 Tecla San Andres Ziga Liberal 2,318,518 34.4%
10 Quintin Paredes Nacionalista 2,206,064 32.7%
11 Pacita Madrigal-Gonzales Nacionalista 2,172,260 32.2%
12 Cesar Climaco Liberal 2,142,741 31.8%
13 Domocao Alonto Nacionalista 1,877,698 27.9%
14 Decoroso Rosales Nacionalista 1,863,560 27.7%
15 Pedro Sabido Nacionalista 1,746,698 25.9%
16 Angel Castaño Nacionalista 1,734,247 25.7%
17 Jose E. Romero Nacionalista 973,612 14.4%
18 Agustin Marking Independent 127,820 1.9%
19 Francisco Ofemaria Independent 41,084 0.6%
20 Ernesto Hidalgo Independent 1,878 0.0%
21 Leon Javinez Sr. Independent 339 0.0%
22 Jose Briones Independent 141 0.0%
Total turnout 6,738,805 79.4%
Total votes 39,572,377 N/A
Registered voters 8,483,568 100.0%
Note: A total of 22 candidates ran for senator. Source:[3]
^1 Liberal Party's guest candidate

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
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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